Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks at the Michigan Democratic Party’s Election Day watch party in Detroit on Nov. 8, 2022. (Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance)
After a federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to comply with a previous order requiring the government to resume federal grant and loan payments, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says the legal fight will continue.
As part of a coalition of Democratic Attorneys General, Nessel filed suit in one of two cases seeking to block the Trump administration’s attempt at freezing federal grant and loan payments.
While Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island previously issued a temporary restraining order blocking the funding freeze from taking effect, Nessel and 23 other attorneys general later filed a motion to enforce the order, alleging the Trump administration had blocked payments in defiance of the restraining order.
McConnell granted that request Monday.
“While we were able to secure this order to further enforce the temporary restraining order on President Trump’s unlawful attempt to cut off funding for countless essential government services, our fight is far from over,” Nessel said in a statement.
“I hope this ruling compels President Trump and his administration to finally comply with the order and ensure the federal dollars are provided as Congress intended,” she said. “Along with other Democratic attorneys general, I will continue to pursue this lawsuit to protect Michiganders and defend these crucial programs against this unprecedented, reckless and illegal attack.”