Summary
New York City sued the Trump administration to recover $80 million in FEMA funds initially allocated for immigrant services but later rescinded.
Mayor Eric Adams, facing federal corruption charges, claims the city is owed the money after spending $7 billion on migrant aid.
This legal action marks a shift in Adams’ relationship with Trump.
The DOJ recently moved to drop its case against Adams in exchange for his cooperation on immigration policies, prompting multiple prosecutor resignations.
I feel like “later rescinded” makes it sound like all the other aid that just got cancelled.
This case is more egregious and frankly scary.
The funds were in the city’s bank account, and the Trump administration went into that bank account and took the money back without telling the city.
Close, but the reality is even scarier imo - a random bank employee who was not part of the Trump administration went into that bank account and took the money back without telling the city because the Trump administration ordered them to, even though that order was probably illegal
That’s called theft. He robbed a bank.