Court of Appeals confirms White House misappropriating military funds for building border wall

A federal appeals court gave the Trump administration the green light for its plan to embezzle military funds for the construction of a border wall, overturning a lower court ruling.

In a 2-1 decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that El Paso County and the non-profit Border Network for Human Rights did not have the right to challenge of the administration’s plan to levy $ 3.6 billion on more than 100 military construction projects none of the plaintiffs have been able to prove that they have been harmed by the plan.

The ruling overturned a 2019 ruling by U.S. District Judge David Briones.

Judge James Dennis wrote in his dissenting opinion supporting the county and the nonprofit said he could not join the majority because he believed “the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019 clearly prohibited redirection funds that underlie the border wall ”.

Friday’s ruling follows an October ruling by the 9th Circuit of Appeal, declaring the transfer of funds illegal, upholding a demand by advocacy groups from the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition against the secretary to Defense of the time. Mark EsperBill Mark EsperDefense Relaunches Stars and Stripes Newspaper After Near Dissolution Alyssa Farah Resigns As White House Communications Director, Compromise Defense Bill Offers Reprimand for Germany’s Withdrawal by Trump PLUS, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad wolfChad Wolf: Former cyber official condemns Trump’s lawyer for threats against Krebs, details ouster Biden chooses first Latino as head of homeland security Republican senators urge Trump to label West Bank products’ manufactured in Israel ” LEARN MORE and “all persons acting under their direction … to use the military construction funds earmarked for other purposes to build a border wall.”

The Supreme Court has already agreed to reconsider this decision, which the 5th Circuit said it did not agree and “would refuse to follow”.

The border wall was one of the President TrumpDonald John Trump Biden Says GOP Senators Called To Congratulate Biden: Trump’s Attendance At Inauguration Is ‘Important’ For Country Biden Says His Family Will Avoid Trade Disputes MOREThe main promises of the 2016 campaign when he took office with the vow to curb legal and unauthorized immigration. He declared a national emergency in 2019 to transfer billions of military funds after failing to secure a funding deal with Congress, which led to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

President elect Joe bidenJoe Biden Biden Says GOP Senators Called To Congratulate Biden: Trump’s Attendance At Inauguration Is ‘Important’ For Country Biden Says Family Will Avoid Trade Disputes MORE said he intended to try and end the national emergency that allowed Trump to embezzle Pentagon funds.