Maine AG swipes Trump administration over judge's funding-freeze ruling amid trans athlete battle

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Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey took a swipe at the Trump administration on Friday as a federal judge ruled that a funding freeze to the state must be lifted as the state refuses to amend its policies regarding transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports.

District Court Judge John Woodcock issued the temporary restraining order, which was suspended amid President Donald Trump’s fight with Maine Gov. Janet Mills over transgender athletes. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the funding freeze last week.

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills speaks during the governors' working session in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"This temporary restraining order confirms the Trump Administration did not follow the rule of law when it cut program funds that go to feed school children and vulnerable adults," Frey’s statement read. "This order preserves Maine’s access to certain congressionally appropriated funds by prohibiting an unlawful freeze by the administration. 

"No one in our constitutional republic is above the law and we will continue to fight to hold this administration to account."

The USDA "must immediately unfreeze and release to the state of Maine any federal funding that they have frozen or failed or refused to pay because of the state of Maine's alleged failure to comply with the requirements of Title IX," Woodcock’s ruling read.

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