Ex-prosecutor and other Trump critics sue to block payouts from ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

President Donald Trump isn’t backing down from his administration’s latest move that has blown up his agenda in Congress.

When Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a $1.8bn fund that would make payouts to victims of government "weaponisation", Michael Cohen is probably not who he had in mind.

The fund is part of a sweeping settlement between Trump, the Trump Organization and the federal government, resolving the president’s unprecedented $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over his leaked tax returns.

President Trump is defending his administration’s creation of a nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund in response to heavy criticism not only from Democrats but from Republicans in the Senate, who delayed votes on a reconciliation package Thursday over the issue.