BREAKING: A federal appeals court rules Friday the Trump admin. does not have the authority to use military funding to pay for construction of a border wall. https://t.co/0PaLmkcre4
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 26, 2020
Breaking: Trump admin does not have authority to divert Pentagon funds to construct additional barriers on US-Mexico border, a federal appeals court ruled, days after Trump’s visit to the wall.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 26, 2020
In 2-1 ruling, Ninth Circuit said the $2.5 billion transfer circumvented Congress.
BREAKING: A federal appeals court ruled in our case that President Trump’s attempt to transfer billions of dollars in military pay and pension funds for border wall construction is unlawful.
— ACLU (@ACLU) June 26, 2020
Sad! 