The Trump administration says more federal funds are being rescinded from the state.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, during an interview on Fox News, said all non-essential funding from Maine’s prison system has been pulled because the state has permitted a convicted transgender woman to be in a women’s prison.
NEW: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announces the Trump administration has pulled all non-essential funding from Maine’s Department of Corrections after they allowed a 6’1” 245 lb. man into a woman’s prison.
“We pulled all non-essential funding from the Department of… pic.twitter.com/WeZw4WTCsS
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) April 8, 2025
The Trump administration claims to have pulled all “nonessential” funding from Maine’s prison system because the state has permitted a transgender woman, who was convicted of a double murder, to live in a women’s prison. https://t.co/ExzFkCwhQo
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) April 8, 2025
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