A federal judge in Rhode Island on Wednesday reaffirmed his order to halt President Donald Trump’s funding freeze.
In his new decision, U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell Jr. upheld his temporary restraining order and denied the Trump administration’s request to continue withholding “FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] and other funding,” WJAR reported.
McConnell also pointed out his previous order allows the administration “to limit access to federal funds ‘on the basis of the applicable authorizing statutes, regulations, and terms,'” and that his follow up order does not block “both the President and much of the Federal Government from exercising their own lawful authorities to withhold funding without the prior approval of the district court.”
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