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Judge tosses lawsuit over Trump’s firing of US African Development Foundation board members
- U.S. District Judge Richard Leon dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., challenging President Trump's firing of the US African Development Foundation's board members.
- The lawsuit arose after Trump issued a February executive order to reduce USADF to the minimum legal presence and fired its board members, prompting a dispute over legal authority.
- USADF, an independent agency created in 1980, receives congressional funding—$46 million in 2023—to invest in agricultural and energy projects across 22 African countries.
- Judge Leon ruled the board members were legally terminated in February despite missed email notices and that they lacked authority to appoint Ward Brehm as board president.
- While Leon upheld the administration’s actions in this case, another lawsuit from USADF staffers and a Zambian consulting firm alleging congressional power usurpation remains pending.
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A Washington, D.C., judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s control of the African Development Foundation, a small federal agency that locked its doors to prevent Trump’s staff from entering and had to be physically taken over by U.S. Marshals.The suit was brought by Ward Brehm, a former member of the agency’s board of directors, which is appointed by the president. On February 24, the White House notified Brehm…
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Judge tosses lawsuit over Trump's firing of US African Development Foundation board members
A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s dismantling of a U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses. U.S.
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