Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and 22 other attorneys general are filing a second motion to compel the Trump administration to thaw the president’s federal spending freeze.
The attorneys general's spokesperson, Richie Taylor, said despite multiple court orders, the administration has continued to block hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to the states from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, known as FEMA.
“These are critical grants that go to wildfire preparedness. They go for flood mitigation in other states," Taylor said. "These are critically needed funds that need to be unfrozen and a court has ordered them to do so.”
On Feb. 8, the court granted the attorneys general's first motion for enforcement, ordering the administration to immediately comply with the temporary restraining order and stop freezing federal funds.
Taylor said it remains to be seen if the court will take the next step against Trump if he continues to defy them.
"I don't believe the court will take kindly to a second order to compel," Taylor said. "We'll see what the court does and what the judge decides and deems necessary."
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