Legal expert stupefied as Trump Energy Department admits to massive lie in court

of the grant recipient’s state,’ and NOT ‘based on any programmatic, statutory, cost-reduction, or performance-based factor,'” Reichlin-Melnick wrote on X. “This proves the White House lied.”

The Energy grants are not the first time the administration has been accused of politically gatekeeping federal funds.

In April, a federal judge in Rhode Island continue reading …