A federal judge on Friday extended a court-ordered block on the use of a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" aimed at compensating people who say they were politically targeted by the Biden administration. 

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress earlier this month that the Trump administration was ending plans for the fund due to bipartisan backlash. Attorneys for the federal government argued that, in the face of the administration's decision to terminate the plans, the lawsuits against it are moot. 

However, plaintiffs' attorneys aren't satisfied that the Trump administration won't try to revive the fund later, the Associated Press reported. 

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema agreed with the plaintiffs and ruled that the block will remain in place pending further notice from the court. She said the Trump administration's mootness argument "doesn't go anywhere." 

The $1.776 billion fund was part of a settlement to end Trump's lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns by contractor Charles Littlejohn, who pleaded guilty.