Staff Reports
President-elect Donald Trump is jumping right into action concerning border security, particularly about those border wall materials that the Biden administration has been auctioning off like they’re going out of style. It seems the current administration believes that dismantling Trump’s border policies on a budget is fair game, which has caused quite the stir on the right. Trump is not one to sit by idly; he’s taken his grievances all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court alongside the states of Texas and Missouri.
The situation began to heat up when it came to light that the Biden administration was offloading massive amounts of border wall materials—literal treasure troves of construction goodies—on government auction sites for prices so absurd they may as well have been giving them away as Halloween candy. Trump, along with his posse of lawyers, is claiming this “fire sale” could potentially be a “criminal” activity. Apparently, slapping a clearance sticker on valuable national security assets doesn’t sit well with a certain faction of the right.
Donald Trump filed an amicus brief in Texas to urge a federal judge to immediately halt the ongoing sale of border-barrier materials.
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In a recent development, Texas and Missouri decided to take matters into their own hands and filed a motion in a southern Texas district court to hammer out whether the government is walking all over the court’s earlier permanent injunction. The injunction was strict in its instructions, designed specifically to make sure that any funds allocated for border wall construction were not funneled elsewhere. But with Biden’s crew acting like it’s the end-of-season blowout at a discount store, the states are very concerned about the future of the wall.
When it came to presenting his case, Trump’s amicus brief didn’t hold back. He’s calling for an immediate halt to the sales of these border barrier materials until the Court can kick the tires on the administration’s conduct. This isn’t just any casual inquiry; Trump wants a thorough investigation that digs deep into whether the government has been complying with the law, the Constitution, and the earlier injunction. Who knew border wall materials could ignite such courtroom drama?
The accusations don’t stop at negligence; Trump claims the Biden administration is purposely offloading these essential materials at a substantial financial loss, trying to sabotage the efforts of Congress and himself. According to him, this could even be labeled as a conspiracy to defraud the United States. The murmurs of criminality are gaining traction, with some Republican lawmakers advocating for potential charges against those who are allegedly peddling these materials. As the legal gears start to churn, the only question left is whether the Supreme Court will intervene. At this point, it’s a high-stakes game of legal poker with national security on the line.
