According to a trusted scoop provided to OGM News, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche says he and President Donald J. Trump wants to “make whole” people they believe were victims of a Department of Justice that was weaponized against them, including some individuals prosecuted over the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Blanche reportedly stressed that any effort to compensate such people would not come through the controversial Anti-Weaponization Fund, which has already become one of Washington’s most dramatic political plot twists.
The development came after the Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund in May 2026 as part of a settlement involving President Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS. The department initially said the fund would provide a process for people claiming government weaponization or “lawfare” to seek redress. But by June, Blanche said the administration was no longer moving forward with it, and in early August he formally rescinded the order establishing the fund.
The Fund That Arrived With a Billion-Dollar Price Tag
The original proposal immediately attracted controversy because the fund could have provided monetary relief to people claiming they had been unfairly targeted by the government. Critics feared that the arrangement could benefit Trump allies, including people connected to the January 6 cases, while supporters argued that genuine victims of government abuse deserved a path to compensation. The Justice Department maintained that the proposed process was not limited to one political party.
Then came the Washington magic trick: a fund announced with billions attached was later declared effectively dead. Blanche said in June that the administration was not moving forward with it, and on August 2 he formally rescinded the May order establishing the fund. The paperwork therefore appeared to close the door on the original arrangement—even as the political debate over who deserves compensation remained very much alive.
Trump Still Wants the Door Left Open
The latest twist is that the end of the fund does not necessarily mean the end of the compensation argument. President Trump said on August 10 that the future of the weaponization fund would be up to Blanche, who had just become Attorney General after Senate confirmation. That leaves Washington with the curious situation of a fund that has been formally rescinded but a president who still wants the underlying question of compensation considered.
For January 6 defendants and others who believe they were victims of DOJ weaponization, Blanche’s reported promise to “make them whole” could therefore become the next chapter. The political comedy writes itself: the original fund has been shown the exit, but the compensation conversation apparently forgot to leave with it. The real question now is whether a new legal mechanism will emerge, who would qualify, and whether Congress and the courts will accept it.
OGM News understands that this story is far from settled. With President Trump keeping the compensation question alive and Attorney General Blanche now holding the final Justice Department responsibility, Americans should watch closely for what comes next—and whether the cancelled fund eventually returns wearing a different name, structure or legal costume. More updates will follow as the story develops.
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