Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey conducted a scan in the Trump administration on Friday, and a federal judge ruled that funds must be frozen because the state refused to modify policies regarding trans athletes in girls and women’s sports.
District Court Judge John Woodcock issued a temporary restraining order that was suspended Donald Trump’s Fighting with Maine Gov. Janet Mills among trans athletes. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the freeze of the funds last week.
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Maine Governor Janet Mills speaks at the Governor’s Work Conference at the White House State Restaurant in Washington, D.C. on Friday, February 21, 2025. (Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg by Getty Image)
“This temporary restraining order confirms that the Trump administration has failed to comply with the rule of law when cutting funding for children and vulnerable adults,” Frey’s statement said. “The order prohibits the government from illegally freezing Maine’s access to certain congressional grants.
“No one in our Constitutional Republic is beyond the law and we will continue to work to hold that government accountable.”
The USDA “must decrypt and release any federal funds to Maine as Maine allegedly fails to comply with Title IX’s requirements and they have frozen or failed or refused to pay, ” Domination Reading.
Gov. Janet Mills attended the event on March 11, 2022 in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, file)
The government is also “banned from freezing, terminating or otherwise interfering with future federal funds in Maine because of the alleged violation of Chapter IX without complying with the procedures required by law.”
Maine refuses to comply with Trump’s executive orders to ban biological men in girls and women’s movements. Trump initially vowed to refuse to comply with the order in his February 20 speech to cut federal funding.
Maine officials filed a lawsuit against the USDA on Monday after the agency decided to freeze funds to the state.
The state accused the USDA of “parenting funds used to feed children in schools, parenting centers and after-school programs and for disabled adults in gathering settings,” the judge agreed. The judge noted that the freezing was due to illegal acts against the title, but it limited the ability to provide[e] Meals for children and disadvantaged adults. ”
Maine Capitol shot in Augusta, Maine. (Eyecrave Productions via Getty Images)
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On February 5, Trump signed an executive order to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s and women’s sports, and Maine is one of many states that openly violated the order.
Fox News’ CB Cotton and Ryan Morik contributed to the report.
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