The Justice Department is abiding by a federal judge’s order that temporarily halts the $1.8 billion fund to pay people who feel they were unfairly prosecuted by the government.
The fund is part of a settlement President Trump made with the Department of Justice and it has been widely criticized, even by Republicans.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Nancy Gertner, a retired federal judge who was appointed by former President Bill Clinton and a senior lecturer at Harvard University Law School.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
Copyright 2026 WBUR