A coalition of attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia filed an emergency motion on Friday for the enforcement of a restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s funding freeze.
Rhode Island U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell issued a temporary restraining order on Jan. 31 to prevent the Trump administration from freezing federal financial assistance. But the attorneys general said that access to federal funds have remained blocked despite the order.
The attorneys general said that they have observed “an ever-changing kaleidoscope of federal financial assistance that has been suspended, deleted, in transit, under review, and more since entry of the order.”…