I attended an afternoon hearing Wednesday in D.C. federal court, where Judge Richard Leon declined to block President Trump’s $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” — but in a way that might actually have some teeth. I joined Executive Editor John Light on Substack Live after leaving the courtroom to talk about what went down and why it might be a pyrrhic victory for the administration.
As I told John, the ruling presents “a new legal roadblock to the administration proceeding with the anti-weaponization fund but it is not the same as saying, No you can’t do it or can’t ever do it.
“I think of it like a tripwire. If they were to proceed with the anti-weaponization fund as we know it, they’re going to be right back in court having to explain to Judge Leon why they shouldn’t be sanctioned for having misled him in the first place.”
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