NEED TO KNOW Senate Republicans, not just Democrats, are pushing to permanently block Trump's $1.8B fund. Trump revived it Wednesday, days after his own acting AG pledged to drop it. A federal judge had already paused the fund pending an inquiry. WASHINGTON, DC (TDR) — President Trump publicly endorsed a $1.8 billion Justice Department payout fund on Wednesday that his own acting attorney general had pledged days earlier to abandon, as the Senate moved to bar it permanently.