Jan. 6 prosecutor, Trump administration targets sue over ‘weaponization’ fund

Justice DepartmentJan. 6 prosecutor, Trump administration targets sue over ‘weaponization’ fundThe lawsuit alleges that the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is politically discriminatory.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Donald Trump on May 21 in the Oval Office at the White House.Al Drago / The Washington Post via Getty ImagesShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 22, 2026, 3:04 PM EDTBy Ryan J. ReillyA fired Jan. 6 prosecutor and a law professor acquitted in a federal criminal case brought by the Trump administration are among the plaintiffs who sued Friday to block a $1.8 billion dollar fund established to give payouts to allies of President Donald Trump.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, alleges that the “anti-weaponization” fund creates a politically discriminatory process that excludes individuals like the plaintiffs, who say they were mistreated by Republican officials and administrations.“By its own terms, the Anti-Weaponization Fund is available only to claimants who assert that they were targeted by ‘Democrat’ administrations, even though the current administration has weaponized the awesome power of the federal government against its perceived political opponents like no other administration before it,” the suit states.Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Floyd, a career federal prosecutor who had been a deputy in the Capitol Siege Section and was fired by former Attorney General Pam Bondi in June 2025, is one of the plaintiffs.“First, hundreds of people attacked the foundation of an ordered society by trying to stop the results of a free and fair election—committing serious assaults on law enforcement and other crimes as they did so,” Floyd said in a statement, referring to the failed effort by Trump supporters to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s win on Jan. 6, 2021....