Judge rejects bid to halt 'anti-weaponization' fund, warns DOJ not to 'play possum'

A federal judge on Wednesday tossed a watchdog group’s lawsuit seeking to block the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) scrapped $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.

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District Judge Richard Leon denied the request for a temporary restraining order by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

The group, which bills itself as nonpartisan, argued in its...