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The Justice Department backed off a court fight over the nearly $1.8 billion fund for alleged victims of unfair prosecution. GOP senators say a pause isn\u2019t a promise.<\/strong><\/p>

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) last month on Capitol Hill. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

After the Trump administration signaled that it may back off a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who claim they were unfair political targets of investigation or prosecution, Republicans are trying to finally break loose President Donald Trump\u2019s stalled agenda on Capitol Hill. But making that happen may require Trump to convince wary Republicans lawmakers that the fund is truly dead.<\/p>\n

The Justice Department said Monday it would comply with a court order temporarily blocking the unpopular fund, a striking reversal from days earlier, when it vowed not to let judges\u2019 \u201cpolicy preferences\u201d stand in its way.<\/p>\n

But some Senate Republicans said the move was not enough \u2014 and they want to hear from the president himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty clear that the president has to say very explicitly that there\u2019s not going to be a weaponization fund,\u201d said Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n

For days, Senate Republicans have expressed alarm at Trump\u2019s decision to set up the fund \u2014 in part because it could be used to compensate people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Republicans defied Trump by leaving Washington last month without passing legislation to fund immigration enforcement agencies due to concerns about the fund.<\/p>

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A federal judge barred the Justice Department on Friday from moving forward with the fund until at least June 12. Some Senate Republicans said the department\u2019s commitment to abide by the ruling satisfied them \u2014 but other remain concerned.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a lot of unanswered questions,\u201d Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) told reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s not enough for me to have the courts push back. I just want to make sure this thing doesn\u2019t move forward in its current form.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republicans are working to pass legislation important to Trump that funds two agencies \u2014 Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection \u2014 for the next three years. Trump had asked Congress to pass the legislation by Monday, but Senate Republicans refused to pass the legislation last month until the administration addressed the controversy over the fund.<\/p>\n

Senate Republicans plan to use a special process known as reconciliation to pass the bill without Democratic votes, but the party\u2019s 53-47 majority in the chamber means they need the support of all but three Republican senators if every senator is voting.<\/p>

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