A second American judge says that the Trump administration must suspend its federal gel of expenses: NPR

A judge of the US District Court of the Rhode Island district made a temporary prohibition order blocking the efforts of the Trump administration to freeze payments for subsidies and other programs.

Friday’s decision stems from a trial brought earlier this week by prosecutors General Democrats in 22 states and the Columbia district. It is distinct from a trial brought by democracy and other non -profit groups which led to a separate decision of the federal judge to temporarily hold the plan as initially detailed in a memo by the management and budget office . The White House then canceled this OMB note, but declared that its examination of federal funding remained in force.

Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. who published Friday ordinance, noted that he came to his conclusion after examining the declarations of the Trump administration in response to the generalized confusion triggered by the memo of the ‘Omb. The judge’s examination included a position on X published by the press secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, published after the cancellation of the OMB note. As the judge noted, the post said that the president’s decrees on federal funding “remain in force and indeed and will be rigorously implemented”.

For the moment, the prescription blocks any suspension of federal dollars to the 22 states which had gone to pursuit – as well as in the District of Columbia.

By issuing the order, the court said: “During the temporary prohibition order, defendants must not take a break, freeze, hamper, block, cancel or terminate the conformity of defendants to powers and obligations to provide federal financial assistance to states, and defendants must not hinder states access to such powers and obligations, except on the basis of applicable laws, regulations and conditions of authorization. “”

The Prosecutor General of New York, Letitia James, who is one of those who direct the trial, considers that the temporary prohibition order extends beyond the administrative stay of January 28 as well as the note of the OMB Canceled and is aimed at the actions of President Trump who called for a break in federal funding.

“I directed a coalition of general prosecutors by continuing to arrest this cruel policy, and today we have won a court order to arrest it. The president cannot unilaterally arrest the commitments of Congress expenditure. I will continue to fight against these illegal cuts and protect the essential services that New Yorkers and millions of Americans across the country depend, “James said in a statement published on Friday.

A senior administration official who was not authorized to discuss the decision publicly called on Friday’s decision to take a stolen door against the president’s decrees, and described the decision as unconstitutional.