Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday the Justice Department was “not moving forward” with the $1.8 billion fund.

Trump's political payout scheme upset Republicans on Capitol Hill.

The potential retreat is a recognition of the legal setbacks the fund has encountered since it was announced two weeks ago.

“We’re not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche told the House Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday.

Not even Donald Trump’s own party could get behind the fund.

US President Donald Trump has not committed publicly to terminating the pot of money, labelled a "slush fund" for his allies.

Blanche made the comments during testimony before a House subcommittee.

The fund received massive bipartisan blowback, but the Trump family will still get out of having to pay any back taxes they owe.

“We're not moving forward with the fund,” acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said during a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department won't move forward with President Donald Trump's nearly $1.8 billion \

The DOJ said in a statement Monday that it would comply with a recent court order halting the funding, but Blanche’s comments appeared to go a step further.

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Department of Justice will not operate a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund.

Acting Attorney General Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday that the Justice Department is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund.” It’s a setback for Trump,…

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday that the Justice Department is scrapping its plans for a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” after a wave of…

The DOJ said it was abandoning plans for the fund, which critics feared would be used to give taxpayer money to Jan. 6 rioters, but plans to bar the I.R.S. from auditing Trump’s…

President Donald Trump suggested that he has not dropped the administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund, saying in an interview released Wednesday that people “should be…

A major development unfolded on Capitol Hill as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed that the Department of Justice will not move forward with the proposed $1.8 billion…

President Donald Trump appeared uncertain about the future of the $1.8 billion fund, which acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said was being dropped.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday the Justice Department was “not moving forward” with the $1.8 billion fund.

The president is publicly doubting its demise, GOP lawmakers haven’t acted, and the DoJ is reportedly coming up with a plan B.

'The Anti-Weaponization Fund presents a threat to our constitutional democracy,' Sens. Cory Booker and Bill Cassidy wrote in a court brief.