(Daily Signal)—A federal judge who has ruled twice to halt executive actions by President Donald Trump previously gave about $500,000 in campaign contributions to Democrats
The judge, U.S. District Judge John McConnell of the District of Rhode Island, will also preside over yet another case involving Trump. All three cases involve federal funding.
In one case, McConnell sided with a coalition of Democrat state attorneys general to stop a federal funding freeze. In another, he sided with the state of Rhode Island regarding federal funding cuts.
Next, McConnell will be ruling on a separate case brought by 20 Democrat state attorneys general against the Trump administration for threatening to withhold federal funds from jurisdictions that do not enforce federal immigration law, in the case of California v. U.S. Department of Transportation. McConnell is a Barack Obama appointee.
McConnell’s contributions include $28,500 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which funds House candidates, in 2008, according to Open Secrets, which monitors money in politics. He contributed $25,000 toward the election of North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp in 2000, $12,500 to the Washington State Democratic Party in 2008; $10,000 to the Rhode Island Democratic Party in 2004; and $7,500 to then-Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle reelection in 2006.
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