{"id":2406628,"date":"2025-02-25T16:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T21:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-gives-trump-administration-one-day-to-pay-usaid-bills\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T16:31:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T21:31:52","slug":"judge-gives-trump-administration-one-day-to-pay-usaid-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-gives-trump-administration-one-day-to-pay-usaid-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge gives Trump administration one day to pay USAID bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-gives-trump-administration-one-day-to-pay-usaid-bills%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2406628&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A judge has\u2063 mandated the Trump administration\u2063 to comply with a \u2062previous court order\u2063 requiring the unfreezing of foreign aid \u2064funds. \u200cDuring a recent hearing, Justice Department attorneys failed to demonstrate that\u2063 they had adhered to \u2063this order. Judge\u200b Amir Ali set a 36-hour deadline for the united States Agency for International Advancement (USAID) to fulfill \u2063its contractual obligations and provide evidence of fund disbursement. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-plea-presidents-son-pleads-not-guilty-after-judge-blows-up-plea-agreement\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden pleads &#039;not guilty&#039; as ... rejects plea agreement.\">judge expressed concern<\/a> over the impact of the \u200bfunding freeze on\u2063 various \u2062organizations, including a jewish \u200bnonprofit and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texts-reveal-dem-rep-katie-porter-blaming-punishing-veteran-for-supposedly-giving-her-covid\/\" title=\"Texts Show Dem Rep. Katie Porter Blaming and Punishing Veterans for Presumably \u201cGiving Her COVID\u201d\">veteran-owned business<\/a>, which reported employee layoffs and office\u2064 closures due to unpaid bills. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-sign-executive-order-installing-10-for-1-deregulatory-agenda-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... to sign executive ... installing 10-for-1 deregulatory agenda - Washington Examiner\">trump administration claims<\/a> it is reviewing its contracts\u2062 diligently amid these issues.The lawsuit stems from earlier\u200c efforts by the administration to\u2062 restructure USAID, citing budget mismanagement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge gives Trump administration one day to pay USAID bills after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-happens-if-trump-defies-a-court-order\/\" title=\"What happens if ... defies a court ...?\">flouting court order<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1978197\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A judge on Tuesday gave the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump administration<\/a>&nbsp;a 36-hour deadline to unfreeze&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/usaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">foreign aid<\/a>&nbsp;after government lawyers were unable to prove during a hearing that the administration had complied with an earlier court order to do so.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Judge Amir Ali said Justice Department attorneys could not demonstrate to the court that the government was abiding by the order he imposed this month requiring the United States Agency for International Development to unfreeze its funds to pay millions of dollars in outstanding bills to its contractors.<\/p>\n<p>The attorneys &ldquo;were not able to provide any specific examples of unfreezing funds,&rdquo; Ali found.<\/p>\n<p>Ali, a Biden appointee, said USAID has until Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. to satisfy its contract obligations. The judge wants evidence that this is taking place by noon on Wednesday. He also asked for all of the government&rsquo;s internal correspondence regarding his orders.<\/p>\n<p>The judge&rsquo;s new demands come after he pressured the administration days ago to comply promptly with his order. Ali said at the time that holding Trump administration officials in contempt, a sanction that can carry penalties, such as fines, was not yet appropriate, but he still issued a stern warning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Court was not inviting Defendants to continue the [funding] suspension while they reviewed contracts and legal authorities to come up with a new, post-hoc rationalization for the en masse suspension,&rdquo; Ali&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3326006\/judge-says-trump-not-complied-ruling-suspension-foreign-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>&nbsp;last week.<\/p>\n<p>Some organizations that told the court they were suffering damages because of the federal funding freeze included a Jewish nonprofit group that provides humanitarian aid to refugees, a veteran-owned small business called Green Powered Technology, and Democracy International.<\/p>\n<p>Another organization, DAI Global, which focuses on international development in dozens of countries, said it is waiting on a payment from USAID of more than $115 million in past-due invoices.<\/p>\n<p>All the organizations said they were being forced to lay off employees and shutter offices because of USAID&rsquo;s unpaid bills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3326006\/judge-says-trump-not-complied-ruling-suspension-foreign-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>JUDGE SAYS TRUMP HAS NOT COMPLIED WITH RULING ON SUSPENSION OF FOREIGN AID<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration argued it is &ldquo;diligently&rdquo; working to review its contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements and that it believes that, so far, it has properly terminated agreements in accordance with their various terms.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit comes after the Trump administration, on the premise that USAID&rsquo;s budget had been severely mismanaged, laid off thousands of workers in an effort to dismantle the agency. 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