Attorney General Bonta Celebrates Major Appellate Victory in Challenge to President Trump’s Sweeping Federal Funding Freeze

OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement on a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upholding a preliminary injunction in multistate litigation, co-led by California, challenging the Office of Management and Budget's $3 trillion federal funding freeze. At risk in California was an estimated $168 billion in annual federal funding.

"Today, the First Circuit affirmed what we all know to be true: The Trump Administration's sweeping directive to unilaterally freeze all federal funding in its first days in office was deeply harmful, reckless, and wholly unreasoned," said Attorney General Bonta. "Since this case was first filed, state attorneys general have stood together dozens more times to successfully block the President's unlawful actions. Whether it's Medicaid, clean energy, disaster recovery, or education funding at risk - or in this case, all of the above - we won't back down, and we won't stop winning. As Attorney General, I'll continue to stand up for Californians up and down the state against whatever the President throws at us next."