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Government Corruption

Judge who ruled against Trump funding freeze has ties to taxpayer-funded homeless org

2025-05-14

[NYPOST] A Rhode Island federal judge who blocked President Trump's sweeping freeze on federal assistance earlier this year has been slapped with a complaint from a conservative legal group alleging that he could benefit from his decision.

Providence US District Judge John McConnell sat on the board of Crossroads Rhode Island, a homeless services provider that has benefited from federal assistance, from 2006 to at least 2023, the nonprofit's tax records show. Between 2011 and 2021, the judge served as the board's chairman.

America First Legal, which began digging into McConnell's past after he issued a preliminary injunction halting Trump's freeze earlier this year, argued in a complaint filed to the Boston-based 1st Circuit Court of Appeals that the judge's ties to Crossroads pose a conflict of interest.

Posted by:Fred

#7 You could divide all that money up and just give it to the hobos and they'd be living in luxury. They could sit in mansions, snort cocaine all day and they would still have money to burn.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2025-05-14 13:14

#6 Crossroads Rhode Island, a homeless services provider that has benefited from federal assistance

It's a scam. It has never been anything but a scam. They dropped $24 billion on this nonsense in California and now they can't, or won't, tell where all the money went. Pretty sure it went into the pockets of people like Judge McConnell. Think about it. Twenty-four billion dollars that is lost and we still have hobos all over the place.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2025-05-14 13:09

#5 This non-profit, what would be it's income sheet and expenses administrative take?

Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-05-14 11:21

#4 Please continue to follow the money.

Posted by: Besoeker 2025-05-14 05:07

#3 Grand Jury Indicts Judge Hannah Dugan

Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-05-14 01:38

#2 upholds Trump’s authority

ULULULU!!!

Posted by: trailing wife 2025-05-14 01:02

#1 Judge upholds Trump's authority to deport criminal migrants under Alien Enemies Act

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-05-14 00:11

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