A federal court has found these terminations concentrated in so called blue states, per the unhinged public boasting of OMB Director Russell Voigt, to be blatantly illegal. These politically motivated cuts include well over a billion dollars in support for vital next-generation energy projects throughout my home state of California. Now I'll note, three weeks ago and without Congressional authorization, President Trump attempted to set up a slush fund to pay out money to people, mostly convicted criminals, fraudsters, cop killers, no shortage of sex offenders that he claims were victimized by the government. (01:33–01:44)
CLAIM
Asserts that over a billion dollars in energy project cuts affected California.
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