The government created the fund to resolve Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns. WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for the Republican president’s allies who believe they were victims of a weaponized government. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, also barred the government from moving forward with the fund’s creation while litigation is pending to challenge it. This story continues below. The judge, who was nominated to the bench…