Trump lawyers say hush-money sentencing delay isn’t enough for a ‘fair and orderly litigation’ of defense after Supreme Court immunity ruling

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump waves as he departs a campaign event at Central Wisconsin Airport, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Mosinee, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Donald Trump waves as he departs a campaign event at Central Wisconsin Airport, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Mosinee, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash).

A coalition of foreign aid groups implored a federal appellate court to reject the Trump administration’s request to block a lower court’s order directing the government to unfreeze hundreds of millions of dollars in congressionally approved funding by midnight on Wednesday, arguing that the appeal amounts to nothing more than a “stalling tactic.”

“After flouting the district court’s temporary restraining order for a full twelve days in letter and in spirit — requiring the district court to not once, not twice, but three times order compliance — Defendants bring this premature appeal in a last-ditch effort to evade the order of an Article III court,” plaintiffs wrote in the 33-page opposition filing. “This Court should swiftly reject Defendants’ latest stalling tactic, deny their stay motion, and dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.”

Litigation in the highly-watched case has moved at lightning speed over the last 24 hours, beginning with an emergency hearing held Tuesday morning before U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali after plaintiffs presented the court with evidence that the administration had failed to abide by his temporary restraining order (TRO) prohibiting the implementation of the across-the-board freeze.

During those proceedings, Ali lambasted the government’s attorney for saying he was “not in a position to answer” whether any of the funds covered by the court’s order had been unfrozen

A frustrated Ali concluded the hearing with a series of onerous directions to enforce compliance with the temporary restraining order, instructing the administration to unfreeze funds for contract payments on work completed before Feb. 13, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday.

The administration immediately filed a petition with the Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington seeking a short-term administrative stay on Ali’s order as well as a stay pending appeal. The administration asserted that it would be impossible for the government to abide by the directive within the allotted time frame, claiming that it could not pay out “nearly $2 billion in taxpayer dollars within 36 hours” unless it were to disregard its own payment-integrity systems.

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