It's Taco Monday!

I do not mean the snack involving fillings held in a tortilla, rather, I am referring to the acronym for Trump Always Chickens Out, and in this case, Donald Trump has put a hold on his $1.776 billion "Lawfare" fund.

It appears that even his most sycophantic allies in Congress felt that this was a bridge too far.

The Trump administration plans to drop its controversial $1.8 billion "weaponization" fund the president sought to compensate alleged victims of prosecutorial misconduct under the Biden administration, two senior administration officials told Axios.

Why it matters: Bashed as a political slush fund that could be tapped by those convicted in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Trump's proposal has drawn bipartisan pushback in the GOP-led House and Senate.

Also, a Federal judge has opened an inquiry as to whether Trump and the DoJ perpetrated a fraud on the court, (it clearly is) which has the potential for major sanctions.

A federal judge ordered President Trump to respond to "grievous" accusations that his settlement with the IRS, which led to the creation of his anti-weaponization fund, was "premised on deception."

Why it matters: The order comes the same day a separate judge placed a temporary hold on the $1.776 billion pot of money, another potential hurdle to the administration's controversial settlement plan.

Driving the news: U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams' order followed a earlier motion from 35 former federal judges, who implored her to reopen the case brought in January over the leak of Trump's tax returns.

• The coalition of judges alleged in their Wednesday filing that the settlement "raises profound questions about the parties' candor toward the Court and manipulation of the judicial system."
• Williams ordered the plaintiffs to respond by June 12 to the allegations of collusion, the assertion the dismissal was "premised on deception by the Parties," and the question of whether the case should be reopened.

It appears that Trump has finally done something so transparently corrupt that even Republican members of Congress are balking.