Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testified to lawmakers Tuesday that the Justice Department has abandoned its plans for an “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate people who say they were wrongly prosecuted by the government.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department won't move forward with President Donald Trump's nearly $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund."

The ⁠U.S. ⁠Justice Department's agreement with President Donald ⁠Trump to bar future audits into his or his family's past tax records will remain ​in place even as his weaponization fund has been put on hold,

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday that the Justice Department is scrapping its plans for a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” after a wave of bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill.

Republican senators had condemned the $1.8 billion fund and threatened to sink an immigration-enforcement bill if it weren’t abandoned.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Trump administration will drop plans for a $1.8 billion fund to pay victims of alleged government “weaponization” following a backlash from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.

Acting attorney general Todd Blanche said Tuesday the Justice Department would abandon plans for a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who claim they were unfairly investigated. His declaration was an attempt to end an unusual standoff between the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers who have refused to fund immigration enforcement agencies over concerns about the payout fund.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has a chance today to convince Republicans he’s dropping plans for a controversial $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” But it’s unclear if members of his party will be swayed enough to unjam President Donald Trump’s larger agenda.