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."

Rare critiques from Republican lawmakers added to two legal challenges to doom Trump’s $1.8B settlement with the IRS in establishing the fund.

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.

The Trump administration is scraping the fund meant to compensate allies of the president after political backlash. CBS News' Natalie Brand reports.

The Justice Department said it "will abide" by a federal judge's temporary order blocking the creation of Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.

President Donald Trump is backing off plans for a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund after bipartisan criticism, sources said Monday.

The Justice Department's plans for an "anti-weaponization" fund continue to face lawmaker backlash and legal battles. CBS News' Weijia Jiang reports.