Judge blocks Trump’s funding for freezing on federal assistance programs

President Donald Trump performs journalists on board the Air Force one on the way from Miami to the joint base of Andrews, Missouri, Monday, January 27, 2025 (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

By expressing concern about “irreparable damage”, a federal judge temporarily stopped the President on Tuesday Donald TrumpFreezing funding on federal assistance programs before it could come into force.

US District Judge Lauren Alihang issued a temporary order by blocking freezing for further viewing. Alichan’s order will last until February 3 at 17:00, that is, no federal funds can be suspended until this time.

“I think there is a ghost of irreparable harm,” said Alichan, appointed Joe Biden, reports Politico.

The decree was resisted in a lawsuit against Trump’s same -week administration by the National Council of Non -Commercial Organizations (NCN), the largest network of non -profit organizations in North America, from more than 30,000 organizational members and other groups, including Sage is is is the largest and oldest organization in the country. the life of the elderly Lgbtq+ people.

“They are going to lose funding in 10 minutes because they maintain transgender equality, not support something that the administration considers more enjoyable,” said Jessica Morton, a lawyer of the National Council of Non -Commercial Organizations and other groups, Poltyko reported.

WITH complaint Name management and budget (OMB), which is part of the Presidential Executive Service and is responsible for supervising federal financial assistance management and his acting director Matthew Vaeth as defendants.

Lawyer of the Ministry of Justice Daniel Schwey He dismissed the Council’s request for a temporary restrictive order.

“They require reimbursement of relief … not tied to any identified grant programs,” Swhey said. “It would be advisable to resolve these issues in a more orderly period … I think that the court would be pre -prescribed assistance only on the basis of suspicion that there may be some harm at some point.”

According to the complaint, the Vaeth issued a memorandum called “Temporary Pause Grant, Loan and Other Financial Assistance Programs”.

The monument assumes that each federal agency is temporarily suspended “all measures related to the obligation or payment of all federal financial assistance, and other relevant agencies that may be involved in enforcement orders (Trump President), including , but not limited to financial assistance for foreign aid, non -governmental organization, Dei, awakened gender ideology and a green new agreement. “

The complaint states that the report is publicized only through reporting of journalists, with almost 24-hour reports, “deprived of any legal basis or the slightest justification” and “will have a devastating effect on hundreds of thousands of recipients of grants that depend on the influx of grant money (Money is already obliged and awarded) to fulfill their missions, to pay their employees, to pay the lease-and, indeed, to improve the daily lives of many people they work so hard. ”

Despite the fact that the Trump administration has the freedom of “Advanc (E) (his) priorities”, it must do so within the law, the complaint says.

“It’s not,” the complaint continues. “The monument does not explain the source of alleged legal powers of the OMB to make each grant program in the Federal Government; It does not take into account the framework of the interest of many grants, including those who have already promised money; And he announces the orientation policy of grants, which are partly based on the rights of the first amendments to these recipients and without any relationship for the suitability of recipients to obtain federal funds. “

Meanwhile, general attorneys in 23 states have also filed a lawsuit in Rod Island, who wants to stop freezing.