&quot;the Department is deferring for the time being any equitable sharing payments from the Program&quot; seems pretty explicitly to be a temporary suspension of payouts from the program, not a closure of the entire program.<p>&quot;We explored every conceivable option that would have enabled us to preserve some form of meaningful equitable sharing. ... Unfortunately, the combined effect of the two reductions totaling $1.2 billion made that impossible.&quot; Doesn&#x27;t seem like they wanted it closed to me.<p>How is this not just positive spin on a doj money grab?