The federal judge who suggested Trump administration officials could face criminal contense over Monday’s spending freeze is a Democrat donor.
John J. McConnell Jr., Supreme Court Judge of the US District Court in Rhode Island; order The Trump administration “quickly recovers frozen funds” after officials violated previous restraint orders and suggested further opposition could lead to criminal charges.
McConnell said, “A person who makes a private decision of the law and refuses to comply with an order will refuse the risk of a criminal cont crime, even if the order is ultimately judged correctly.” I quoted.
While he was in personal practice as a lawyer until 2009, McConnell was on the Democratic Campaigns and Political Action Committee, including Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Hundreds of thousands of people have donated. According to On the Federal Election Commission records. He also donated more than $8,000 to the democratic Rhode Island Senator of the Sheldon White House’s 2006 Senate Campaign.
McConnell volunteered for four years as director of the Rhode Island chapter of Planned Parenthood. According to Rolls the call. (Related: DEMS denounced Trump’s spending freeze when Biden weaponized Medicaid against the Red State)
As someone who wants Trump to follow all judicial orders, I think this fat from Sheldon White House, who has probably celebrated and endorsed critical racial theory and has received a surprising, mediocre review from the ABA. I have to say I welcome conflicts with cat donors. (link… https://t.co/evejpwyxzm
– Ed Whelan (@edwhelaneppc) February 10, 2025
“The plain words of TRO entered in this case prohibit suspend or freeze all categories based on the OMB directive or the President’s 2025 executive order,” McConnell said Monday. I wrote it on order. “The defendant has received a notice of TRO. The order is clear and clear and there is no obstacle to the defendant’s compliance with the order.”
Almost 20 Democratic attorney generals I sued January 28th, through the Office of Management and Budget Memos, which directs agencies to suspend payments for activities that may be related to recent executive orders, including orders relating to gender ideology and DEIs. Secretary-General Caroline Leavitt, while the memo was cancelled. I wrote it On January 29th, the funding freeze had not ended.
Published by McConnell order On January 31, the Trump administration blocked the freezing of federal funds, saying, “What the federal government is given to a nation or other people that has been shut down through a suspension of spending will cause irreparable harm.” I am writing.
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