Watchdog Group Skeptical of Vows to End Trump Administration’s $1.8 Billion Fund NYT - Top Stories By: Alan Feuer 9 June 2026 at 17:39 The group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, doubled down on its request to a federal judge to issue a formal order stopping the fund from being set up. © Eric Lee for The New York TimesThe Justice Department has promised both in writing and in sworn testimony that it will not proceed with the plan.