# Jonathan Caravello A **university professor** who was arrested in 2025 while protesting an immigration raid in California and later acquitted by a jury — and a plaintiff in the lawsuit challenging Trump's $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund." ## Stub — fill out Caravello is one of the plaintiffs (alongside fired prosecutor [[Andrew Floyd]] and the City of New Haven) whose suit led Judge [[Leonie Brinkema]] to temporarily block the fund on May 29, 2026. As someone the government dragged into court and lost, he embodies the argument that the fund was designed to reward friends and punish enemies. See [[Trump IRS Lawsuit Settlement]]. To expand: academic position, arrest and acquittal details, litigation role. ## See Also - [[Trump IRS Lawsuit Settlement]] - [[Andrew Floyd]] - [[Leonie Brinkema]]