2026年5月22日 美国东部时间下午3:16 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：德文·科尔
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发布于2026年5月22日，美国东部时间下午3:16
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特朗普政府新设立的近18亿美元专项基金，旨在为声称遭到政府不当 targeting 的特朗普盟友提供资助，周五再次遭到第二起诉讼，进一步加剧了白宫面临的日益增多的法律和政治反弹。
周五，包括一名前联邦检察官和一个知名政府监督组织在内的多元群体及机构，向弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市的一名法官提起诉讼，要求阻止特朗普政府拨付任何资金，辩称该基金违宪且违反了一系列联邦法律。
此案的原告包括曾参与办理2021年1月6日美国国会骚乱涉案人员刑事案件的前联邦检察官安德鲁·弗洛伊德，以及加利福尼亚州一名教授约翰·卡拉韦洛——他去年因在抗议移民突袭行动时袭击联邦特工的指控被判无罪。
同时对该新基金提出挑战的还有康涅狄格州纽黑文市、全国堕胎联盟，以及经常质疑特朗普政府有争议举措的监督组织“共同事业”。
就在这起诉讼提起两天前，华盛顿特区在国会骚乱期间负责保卫国会大厦的现任及前任警员提起诉讼，要求阻止该基金实施，辩称该基金可能被用于支付参与国会骚乱的个人，并为美国境内各类准军事组织提供资金——他们称这两种行为均属违法。
周一宣布设立的该基金，源于特朗普政府与特朗普本人、其一名成年儿子以及特朗普集团在1月提起的一起诉讼达成的一项非同寻常的和解。该诉讼指控此前有人未经授权披露了特朗普多年前的税务信息。
该基金将由司法部长任命的五名专员管理，将审核那些声称遭到上届政府不公平 targeting 的人士提出的索赔申请。这笔巨额资金将从司法部判决基金中拨付，该基金是国会为政府达成的金钱和解预留的纳税人资金。
在这起新诉讼中，原告专门质疑特朗普政府从司法部判决基金中拨款设立新项目的决定，辩称此举非法，因为考虑到特朗普作为原告之一以及被列为诉讼被告的行政部门机构的特殊身份， underlying 法律案件“毫无依据”。
他们还表示，该基金篡夺了国会对国家财政大权的控制权，违反了宪法，此外还有其他违规之处。
“特朗普-万斯政府这次再次试图将欺诈行为合理化的行径严重违法，经不住司法审查，”“民主前进”组织主席兼首席执行官、提起本次诉讼的律师之一斯凯·佩里曼说道。“这场诉讼旨在维护法治，防止危险的政府权力滥用，我们将继续出庭，追究本届政府的责任。”
美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）报道称，该新基金遭到了民主党人甚至特朗普所在政党部分成员的批评，参议院共和党人本周表示，他们对该基金的设立毫不知情，且在如何管控该基金上存在分歧。
据一名知情人士透露，在周四与代理司法部长托德·布兰奇举行的一次私人会议上，多名参议员警告称，该基金问题可能会破坏党内主要的移民执法法案，几乎没有议员在会上为该基金辩护。
Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ hit with another legal challenge
2026-05-22 3:16 PM ET / CNN
By Devan Cole
14 min ago
PUBLISHED May 22, 2026, 3:16 PM ET
President Donald Trump speaks during an event about loosening a federal refrigerant rule, in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, May 21, 2026, in Washington.
Jacquelyn Martin/AP
The Trump administration’s newly created nearly $1.8 billion fund for allies of President Donald Trump who say they were wrongly targeted by the government was hit with a second lawsuit on Friday, adding to the growing legal and political backlash facing the White House.
Friday, a diverse group of people and organizations — including a former federal prosecutor and a prominent government watchdog group — asked a judge in Alexandria, Virginia, to block the Trump administration from distributing any money, arguing the fund is unconstitutional and violates a series of federal laws.
Among the plaintiffs in the case are Andrew Floyd, a former federal prosecutor who worked on criminal cases brought against people who participated in the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, and John Caravello, a professor in California who was acquitted of charges that he assaulted a federal agent while protesting an immigration raid last year.
Also challenging the new fund is the city of New Haven, Connecticut, the National Abortion Federation and Common Cause, a watchdog group that frequently challenges controversial moves by the Trump administration.
The lawsuit comes two days after current and former police officers in Washington, DC, who defended the US Capitol during the riot sued to block implementation of the fund, arguing it could potentially be used to pay individuals who participated in the attack and finance various paramilitary organizations in the country – both of which they say would be unlawful.
The fund announced Monday was born out of an extraordinary settlement reached between the Trump administration and Trump, one of his adult sons and the Trump Organization in a lawsuit they brought in January over the unauthorized disclosure of Trump’s tax information years ago.
The fund, which will be run by five commissioners selected by the attorney general, will review claims submitted by people who say they were unfairly targeted by previous administrations. The massive pot of money is being drawn from the DOJ’s Judgment Fund, which is taxpayer money set aside by Congress for monetary settlements the government reaches.
In the new lawsuit, the plaintiffs specifically challenge the Trump administration’s decision to draw from the Judgment Fund for the new program, arguing it’s unlawful because the underlying legal case was “meritless” given the president’s unique role as both a plaintiff and the Executive Branch agencies that were named defendants in the lawsuit.
They also say the fund violates the Constitution by usurping Congress’ authority over the country’s purse strings, among other things.
“This latest attempt by the Trump-Vance administration to make grift great again is profoundly unlawful and will not withstand judicial scrutiny,” said Skye Perryman, the president and CEO of Democracy Forward and one of the attorneys who filed the lawsuit. “This lawsuit is about protecting the rule of law and preventing a dangerous abuse of government power, and we will keep showing up in court to hold this administration accountable.”
The new fund has drawn criticism from Democrats and even some members of Trump’s own party, with Senate Republicans saying this week that they were blindsided by it and at odds over how to rein it in, CNN reported.
During a private meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday, several senators had warned that the party’s major immigration enforcement bill could be derailed with the issue of the fund hanging over them, according to a person familiar with the matter, and hardly any members spoke up in the meeting to defend it.
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