The Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) says it will not provide signed statements that a $1.8 billion compensation fund—described by critics as a “slush fund”—is no longer in effect. According to reporting, the DOJ’s position is that such written, signed assurances are unnecessary. A top DOJ lawyer is cited as arguing that it is not required to put the end of the program in writing. The dispute centers on whether official, signed documentation should be supplied to clarify the status of the compensation arrangement. The matter is framed around the DOJ’s refusal to furnish the requested statements, despite the claim that the fund’s termination has already been established. While one outlet focuses on the DOJ’s rationale for declining to provide the documents, the available information does not indicate that the DOJ disputes the underlying characterization of the fund’s conclusion—only that it does not see the need for formal signed statements. The reports reflect an ongoing legal and procedural disagreement over the type of confirmation the DOJ should provide.