Trump administration hasn’t complied with order halting foreign aid freeze, judge says
The Trump administration has not fully complied with the court to stop freezing external aid grants and contracts.
American boycott judge Amir Ali last week Administration To allow US foreign assistance to be disbursed after a hearing of federal contractors who are uniting an executive thing signed by President Donald Trump, who stops almost all foreign assistance.
Ali decided that “the comprehensive suspension of external aid allocated to Congress” may cause irreversible damage to contractors and is likely not to be allowed under the Administrative Procedures Law.
Earlier this week, the administration said in a notice of compliance that the US Department of State and the International Development Agency have reviewed thousands of contracts and grants that I canceled as part of the freezing of aid and decided that “all” of the ends are probable under the terms of the contracts.
In response, Ali suggested on Thursday that the administration was not fully installed by the court’s order that temporarily stops freezing financing and instead he is looking for new ways to justify its pause on large quantities of aid.
“By imposing the defendants and their agents to implement any directives to conduct this comprehensive comment, the court did not invite the defendants to continue the comment while reviewing the contracts and legal authorities to reach a new rationalization after the allocated EN Collective Comment, “Ali wrote.
The judge said that the Trump administration has not yet provided evidence to refute the charge that its comprehensive suspension of external aid would lead to an irreplaceable damage or that it considers the effects of temporary suspension on the interests that depend on aid.
Ali wrote: “The court stands ready to consider such arguments and evidence in the initial command stage.” “However, to the extent that the defendants continued the comprehensive comment, they are asked to stop immediately.”
The judge stopped contracting the administration in contempt.
A White House spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The day of his second inauguration, Trump occurred Executive order Stop financing “external development assistance” for 90 days. All heads of the federal administration and the agency have immediately stopped obligations and immediately disbursing new aid to foreign countries and NGOs.
Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, days after her confirmation, Immediately stop For almost all foreign assistance through the US Department of State and the International Development Agency.
The issue of foreign suspension of the time of foreign suspension is not the first time of its second term that the Trump administration was found by the judge to be a violation of the court order. Earlier this month, a federal judge in Rod Island It ruled that the Trump administration had been violated His matter stops freezing federal financing, which included a temporary stop for external aid but also to grants and local loans. The memorandum that enacted that stop, which came from the administration and budget office, It has been canceled In late January.
