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States filed suit after Trump officials admitted in court filings they denied federal disaster grants to states that didn't vote for the president. The move violates civil rights and federal law, attorneys argue.
Twenty-four states filed suit after Trump administration officials admitted in court filings that they denied federal disaster grants to states based on their presidential voting patterns. The lawsuit argues the administration violated the Civil Rights Act and federal law by conditioning aid on political loyalty. The defendants themselves provided the evidence—court documents where Trump officials essentially confessed to the scheme.
This isn't a close call on the law. Federal disaster aid has been apolitical for decades by statute. What makes this notable is that the administration admitted it outright rather than hiding the practice. It's a marker of how openly the administration is willing to break established rules, and it suggests officials believed either that courts wouldn't stop them or that the political benefit was worth the legal risk. The lawsuit will likely succeed on the merits, but that's almost beside the point if the aid has already been withheld.
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