New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- A US federal judge wants to know who helped create the controversial $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" linked to President Donald Trump, even though Attorney General Todd Blanche has said the fund is now "dead", the NBC reported.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis of the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday granted part of a request from plaintiffs seeking information from the federal government. Among the details the administration has been ordered to provide are the names of the people who helped design the structure of the fund, according to a person who was in court when the order was issued.

The New York Times reported details of the judge's order.

For the plaintiffs, the ruling marks an important ste...