{"id":8469,"date":"2024-12-20T15:16:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T20:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=8469"},"modified":"2024-12-20T15:16:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T20:16:59","slug":"trump-files-amicus-brief-to-immediately-stop-biden-sale-of-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/featured\/trump-files-amicus-brief-to-immediately-stop-biden-sale-of-border-wall\/njackson\/2024\/12\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Files Amicus Brief To \u2018Immediately\u2019 Stop Biden Sale Of Border Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President-elect Donald Trump filed a legal brief in support of an effort by states\u00a0<\/a>to “immediately” stop the Biden administration\u2019s sale of border wall materials, saying the action is “possibly criminal.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, Trump filed an amicus brief in support of a legal effort by\u00a0Texas and Missouri\u00a0<\/a>who filed lawsuits earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Fox News, Texas and Missouri filed a motion earlier this week in a district court in the southern district of Texas to hold a status conference to determine if the government is in breach of the court\u2019s permanent injunction from earlier this year. That injunction barred the Biden administration from using funds obligated for\u00a0wall construction<\/a>\u00a0for anything other than that purpose.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The Court should issue an order directing the Defendants to immediately stop any ongoing sale of border-barrier materials to private parties pending the Court\u2019s review of Defendant\u2019s conduct, and the Court should swiftly conduct a searching examination of the Government\u2019s conduct, by formal discovery if necessary, to examine the Government\u2019s compliance with the law, the Constitution, and the Court\u2019s injunction,” Trump\u2019s amicus brief states. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Biden administration has been auctioning off border wall parts since at least 2023, with parts listed for sale on auction marketplaces, after it abruptly shut down most border wall construction in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those auctions have continued, with border officials telling Fox that auctions now occur weekly and have been for some time. However, the practice made news last week, when The Daily Wire<\/a> published video showing parts being transported and cited Border Patrol agents who said the goal was to clear them out before Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s amicus brief states that if officials in the Biden administration are “deliberately selling off border-wall materials at a major financial loss to the Government to obstruct the pro-wall policy of Congress and President Trump, such conduct likely constitutes a criminal act, such as a conspiracy to defraud the United States.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“At the very least, the reported conduct raises troubling concerns of potentially criminal behavior,” the filing states. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n