Federal judge blasts Trump admin's 'extravagant and unsupported theory' for hiding spending decisions from the public

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Law & Crime

Jul 21st, 2025, 12:57 pm


A veteran federal judge remembered for not simply taking the DOJ's word for it during President Donald Trump's first term — when the administration suddenly moved to dismiss a long-running criminal case against former National Security Advisor and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn — is now ordering the government to "stop violating the law!" on public disclosure of executive branch spending distribution decisions.

Senior U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Monday, in a 60-page decision, ripped the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for flouting congressional legislation signed into law by then-President Joe Biden in 2022 that required the executive to "publish its apportionment decisions on a publicly available online database within two days of the decision."

The so-called "Public Apportionment Database," Sullivan noted, was in use until March, "when, without notice," the Trump administration "took the database offline" under the notion that the underlying law was "an unconstitutional encroachment on the Executive Branch's decision-making authority."

Yet, the database came about as a consequence of Trump's Ukraine impeachment, which at its core had alleged the first Trump administration had illegally impounded congressionally appropriated military aid on the condition that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announce investigations into Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden ahead of the 2020 election. Trump was ultimately acquitted in the U.S. Senate, just as he was following his Jan. 6 impeachment.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/stop-violating-the-law-federal-judge-blasts-trump-admins-extravagant-and-unsupported-theory-for-hiding-spending-decisions-from-the-public/

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Full headline: 'Stop violating the law!': Federal judge blasts Trump admin's 'extravagant and unsupported theory' for hiding spending decisions from the public

Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26017500/sullivan-omb.pdf

[IbogaProject]

1. "Acquitted by the Senate" Should be "Acquitted by GOP Senators" representing less than 37% of the total USA population.

Or what ever the actual percentage is.

[PSPS]

7. Representing 11% of the population

It's about the same threshold as overcoming a filibuster, where senators representing as little as 11% of the population can sustain a filibuster.

[FakeNoose]

2. Thank you Judge Emmet Sullivan

It seems like our Federal Judges are the only thing that's protecting us from full-blown fascism these days.

[Marthe48]

3. Read a DU post earlier

That traitor felon is ignoring (defying) 1 in 3 court decisions made against him and his thugs.

Any bets which column this decision goes in?

[calimary]

4. STILL wanna know when we're finally DONE with him.

And, by now, another worry: what will be left for the rest of us by the time we’re finally rid of him?

[OldBaldy1701E]

9. The number one question that should be leading all of the others.

The number two question should be "Why are we letting them destroy it all for their own amusement without a fight?" (But, that is another question for another time.)

[mountain grammy]

5. Seems his goal is to violate every law that pertains to the executive

because immunity? only one branch of government now!

[Walleye]

8. Maga thinks if he hasn't gone to jail, he hasn't violated any laws

[Grins]

6. In 2017 Judge Sullivan asked prosecutors why Flynn wasn't charged with TREASON!

After he read the file.

Flynn should be in prison.

[rampartd]

10. Instead flynn commands christian militia forces

And is standing by to unleash his proud boys.