Washington state sues Trump: Don't divert defense dollars to build your border wall
Attorney General Bob Ferguson is again hauling the Trump Administration into court over what he calls an illegal diversion of $3.6 billion in defense money, approved by Congress for specific projects, to build the President's border wall.
The "reprogrammed" money includes $89 million for a pier and maintenance facility at the Trident nuclear submarine base on Hood Canal at Bangor, a project whose importance has been repeatedly stressed by the Pentagon.
The AG will ask for an injunction to block the diverting of dollars, arguing that the administration is doing an illegal end-run around Congress, and violating the statute under which money was appropriated for the Bangor project.
"Eliminating the Bangor project will negatively impact military readiness," Ferguson told a morning news conference.
It will, he added, force the Navy to keep refueling from a barge, "which increases the chances of an oil spill."
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