RI Federal Court Judge Orders Trump Admin. to Comply With Earlier Ruling on Federal Spending

RI Federal Court Judge Orders Trump Admin. to Comply With Earlier Ruling on Federal Spending

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell found there’s evidence that some federal grants and loans are still not going out to the recipients and ordered that the monies be released.

McConnell, in his five-page order, instructs the Trump administration to immediately take action. 

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McConnell writes, among other things, “The Defendants must immediately restore withheld funds, including those federal funds appropriated in the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Improvement and Jobs Act.  The directives in OMB M-25-11 are included in the TRO. The Defendants must resume the funding of institutes and other agencies of the Defendants (for example the National Institute for Health) that are included in the scope of the Court’s TRO. 

McConnell's initial order limiting Trump was issued in late January.

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