
Michael Macagnone
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Jun 2, 2026
CQ Budget: 'Anti-weaponization' fund retreat
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David LermanHOST
Walk us through how we got here, if you could, and, and what these court rulings mean.

Michael MacagnoneGUEST
So the, the sort of unfortunate coincidence of timing that happened here was the Justice Department and the Trump and Trump family entities reached the settlement a couple of days before they had a court deadline to explain whether Trump controlled both sides and it wasn't actually a court case at all.

Michael MacagnoneGUEST
And that coincided with the possible, uh, uh, reconciliation votes in the Senate.

Michael MacagnoneGUEST
Um, so the administration, uh, chose to reach and announce that settlement a couple of days before they faced a court deadline that could have unraveled the whole thing.

Michael MacagnoneGUEST
Um, and then that coincided with the reconciliation votes kind of blowing up.

Michael MacagnoneGUEST
Um, now what's happened in the intervening couple of weeks, there were a couple of lawsuits that were filed against the fund.
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David LermanHOST
But Trump then sues his own government, saying they didn't do enough to protect his records, right? I mean, it's the most unusual suit, and it sounds like what the judge is now saying is she doesn't even know if this was a legitimate suit to begin with.