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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from shutting down U.S. Africa Development Foundation after traumatic show of force by Department of Government Efficiency.

Summary

A federal judge blocked Trump from shutting down the U.S. Africa Development Foundation (USADF) after DOGE staffers and U.S. marshals attempted to take over their offices in a confrontation described as “traumatizing.”

USADF President Ward Brehm filed a lawsuit arguing that DOGE’s actions violate federal law, as the agency can only be dissolved by Congress.

The attempted shutdown follows a February executive order targeting several foreign assistance agencies.

The White House called Brehm as a “rogue bureaucrat.” A permanent injunction is being sought.

  • BlindFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    From the article,

    A White House spokesperson, Anna Kelly, referred to Brehm in a statement as an “entitled, rogue bureaucrat” and claimed he has “no authority to defy executive orders by the president of the United States or physically bar his representatives from entering the agencies they run.”

    It didn’t sit right with me reading the summary saying “The White House called Brehm an [etc, etc]” without the name of the person who said it.