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Monday, April 25, 2022

To recall: Appeals court: Trump wrongly diverted $2.5 billion in military construction funds for border wall.

To recall: June 26, 2020 Appeals court: Trump wrongly diverted $2.5 billion in military construction funds for border wall. A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of $2.5 billion from military construction projects to build sections of the U.S. border wall with Mexico, ruling it illegally sidestepped Congress, which gets to decide how to use the funds. In two opinions, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a coalition of border states and environmental groups that contended the money transfer was unlawful and that building the wall would pose environmental threats. Critics of Trump's wall praised the rulings on Friday for upholding the Constitution, which grants Congress the power of the purse. ~Military Times https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/06/26/appeals-court-trump-wrongly-diverted-25-billion-in-milcon-funds-for-border-wall/