Federal court rules Trump diversion of funds for border wall illegal, but no immediate effect seen

(CNN)The Trump administration doesn't have the authority to divert Pentagon funds to construct additional barriers on the US-Mexico border, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, days after President Donald Trump's visit to a section of the wall in Arizona.

In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that the transfer of $2.5 billion circumvented Congress, which holds the authority to appropriate money.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/politics/border-wall-9th-circuit-appeals-court/index.html

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