Trump Freed by Court to Use Military Money to Build Border Wall
- White House calls appeals ruling ‘victory for the rule of law’
- President faces multiple legal challenges in different courts
Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump’s planned U.S. border wall with Mexico got another boost after a federal appeals court lifted an order that had blocked his use of $3.6 billion in military construction funds.
The 2-1 decision issued Wednesday night by the U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans allows Trump to begin diverting the funds from other military projects while the government appeals a December ruling by a federal judge in Texas that it’s illegal to use the money for the wall.