Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) introduced the No Presidential Self-Serving Lawsuits Act to bar any president from initiating civil lawsuits against the U.S. government while in office and to prohibit use of the Treasury’s Judgement Fund to settle civil claims a president filed, even after leaving office.
Prohibit any president from initiating civil lawsuits against the U.S. government while in office and prevent use of the Treasury Judgment Fund to settle civil claims filed by a president.
Occurrences
Evidence
The Eastern District of Virginia enjoined defendants from further action to create or operate the Anti-Weaponization Fund, including transferring money, considering claims, or disbursing funds, pending a June 12, 2026 hearing.
Fletcher announced she introduced the No Presidential Self-Serving Lawsuits Act to bar presidents from civil lawsuits against the U.S. government while in office and prohibit Treasury Judgment Fund use for such claims.
Assessments
Lizzie Fletcher took direct legislative action by introducing the No Presidential Self-Serving Lawsuits Act, which matches the promise to bar presidents from initiating civil lawsuits against the U.S. government while in office and to block Treasury Judgment Fund use for such claims. But the evidence does not show enactment or passage, so the promised policy was not delivered yet.
Fletcher materially advanced the promised policy by introducing the No Presidential Self-Serving Lawsuits Act in the 119th Congress, and the bill text matches the pledge to bar sitting presidents from suing the U.S. government and restrict Judgment Fund settlements for those claims. But the available record shows the bill only introduced/referred, not passed by Congress or enacted as of June 1, 2026. The court order temporarily blocking the targeted fund activity is not the promised statutory prohibition. Because Fletcher is still in office and the bill remains pending, the outcome is unresolved rather than delivered or never.