A judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration violated the court order by refusing to freeze billions in government funds.
The decision was the latest challenge to reduce the White House costs and cleanse plans to regenerate the US government.
US District Judge John McConnel Jr. had earlier ruled that the government should continue funds for programs through Congress.
On Monday, he said that the White House denied the preliminary order, which the judge had issued by the 23 Democratic State Attorney General after filing a lawsuit to prevent the funds from freezing. The Trump administration said it would appeal the decision.
On January 28, President Trump signed an order in which hundreds of billions of federal funds were initially frozen, about the move that the president said he was a small to suffer waste and fraud. There is a periodic move.
It was unclear which government programs affected and the move spread widespread panic among millions of people who rely on healthcare, pensions and the benefits of veterans, and government funds for food assistance. Yes.
White House Deport A memo that outlines further details of what will be frozen but said he is still planning to withhold the fund.
Trump’s spokesman Crolley Lavit said that the executive order is implemented and the White House will continue to froze and cut extensive funds for gender issues and diversity programs.
The Democratic Group of Attorney General filed a lawsuit, and Judge McConnel issued a temporary decree to stop the projects a few days later.
On Monday, the judge said that the White House did not comply with his order, though he did not announce a fine in contempt of court nor searched the administration officials.
McConnel writes that administration officials argue that “they are just trying to root out fraud. But now it was a result of a widespread sequence of freezing, not a potential fraud. No special search. “
The judge said that the wide frozen, “was possibly unconstitutional and caused irreparable damage to a vast part of the country.”
The Trump administration filed a court on Monday, stating that its decision was to appeal to the verdict and demanded that the court orders be stopped.
The decision has made the first decision that Trump’s second administration has violated the court order. Democrats and their allies have registered dozens of cases in an attempt to slow down or stop Trump’s policies, which they have implemented with a rapid speed executive order after taking power about three weeks ago.
The Trump administration has taken action to increase the president’s authority to overcome the US government’s funds, and his administration is setting a wide range of unilateral deductions through Elon Musk’s department’s performance (DOGE). Is
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