A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court order requiring the immediate restoration of frozen federal funds. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the administration failed to cite legal authority for the stay or demonstrate specific harm. The Justice Department sought to delay U.S. District Judge John McConnell’s ruling, which blocked the funding freeze. The court instructed both sides to submit arguments by Thursday, with a decision expected by Friday. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the injunctions “a weaponization of justice.”
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00:02Federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration's request to pause a lower
00:06court order requiring the immediate restoration of frozen federal funds.
00:11A three-judge panel of the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found
00:14the administration failed to cite legal authority for the stay or demonstrate specific harm.
00:20The Justice Department sought to delay U.S. District Judge John McConnell's ruling,
00:24which blocked the funding freeze.
00:26The court instructed both sides to submit arguments by Thursday,
00:30with a decision expected by Friday.
00:33White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt called the injunctions a weaponization of justice.