Federal Judge Allison Burroughs ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in federal grants earlier in the week, stating that “there is, in reality, little connection between the research affected by the grant terminations and antisemitism.”
The action by a lower court judge was just the latest in a series of obstacles facing the administration in carrying out President Donald Trump’s agenda. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., told Newsmax on Thursday that despite the setback, “President Trump has been successful in court.”
“You’ve got a lot of these rogue district court judges who, by the way, now are balking at following Supreme Court rulings, which is kind of interesting considering the Democrats were claiming that President Trump was going to ignore court orders, which he hasn’t, of course.”
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