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Shadowy figures that devised Trump's slush fund ordered released in major DOJ loss

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The Trump Justice Department fought back Friday after a judge ordered it to reveal who devised a controversial $1.8 billion so-called anti-weaponization fund — rejecting every argument officials made to keep the names hidden. The now-abandoned fund was intended to pay out people who claimed they were unfairly investigated or prosecuted by the Justice Department. But a bipartisan chorus of critics forcefully rejected the proposal as an unconstitutional taxpayer-funded giveaway benefiting President Donald Trump’s political supporters. “Who came up with it? That’s what conception means,” U.S. District Judge Ivan D. Davis said during a hearing Friday, according to The Washington Post . The names must be disclosed to attorneys representing the plaintiffs, Davis ruled, “over the repeated objections of the Justice Department.” Their identities, however, will stay private unless the lawsuit reaches the trial stage, the outlet added. The Justice Department immediately moved to appeal Davis’ dec

First report: DOJ Ordered To Name Planners Of $1.8B Slush Fund — joemygod.com, 10d