joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RawStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawStory</span></a> @ 1:38pm ET on Feb 25, 2025</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Politico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politico</span></a> legal reporter <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KyleCheney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KyleCheney</span></a> on Tue brought word that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DepartmentOfJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfJustice</span></a> stumbled badly in trying to justify freezing funds for the United States Agency for International Development</p><p>During hearing in front of US District Court for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DistrictOfColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictOfColumbia</span></a> Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmirAli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmirAli</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> lawyers took heat for refusing to say if government had taken any steps to comply w/ Ali's earlier order to unfreeze funding for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/smartnews/court-hearing-goes-exceptionally-badly-for-trump-doj-as-judge-loses-patience-reporter/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/smartnews/court-h</span><span class="invisible">earing-goes-exceptionally-badly-for-trump-doj-as-judge-loses-patience-reporter/</span></a></p>