The allegations say the Trump administration was unable to fully comply with the court’s orders.
A coalition of attorney generals from 22 states and the District of Columbia filed an emergency motion Friday to enforce a restraining order that would stop the Trump administration from freezing funding.
The Attorney General said he observed “a kaleidoscope of federal financial support that has been suspended, deleted, in transit, under review, and ever-changing since the order was registered.”
The motion says the Trump administration was unable to fully comply with the order as access to federal funds and infrastructure, investment and employment laws (IIJA) under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) remained blocked. .
These funds include $5 billion for support for state, tribal and local governments in greenhouse gas reduction efforts. $117.5 million for aviation surveillance and research programs. $4.5 billion for home appliance and appliance rebate programs. $7 billion for rooftop and community solar energy projects.
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As of February 5th, the Attorney General said that grant accounts were not yet available for expenditures, and the federal grant agency said it had not approved the receipt or responded to the state agency’s inquiries. It wasn’t,” he said. Meetings with the agency’s grant offices were also frequently cancelled, they said.
The Trump administration explained that certain federal funds are outside the scope of court orders, according to the claims. It explained that this was frozen in accordance with another memo issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which the state had not challenged.
The Trump administration also cited “unspecified operational and administrative reasons” for some delays in funding, the motion said.
The Attorney General has not currently sought sanctions, but he said the court to “take all necessary steps to implement the order, including implementing administrative, operational or technical hurdles.” I will request it from the government.”
The Epoch Times contacted the White House for comment but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
McConnell said the state is likely to succeed in their case, and that Trump violated the Administrative Procedure Act by imposing conditions on funding that Congress directed enforcers to provide to them. Ta.
Attorney Generals joining Jennings in the lawsuit include Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada and Nevada. states, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Road Island, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin.
Sam Dorman contributed to this report.
