Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Over Trump’s Firing of US African Development Foundation Board Members

A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s dismantling of a U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., dismissed the case on Tuesday, finding that Trump was acting within his legal authority when he fired the U.S. African Development Foundation’s board members in February. In March, the same judge ruled that the administration’s removal of most grant money and staff from the congressionally created agency was also legal, as long as the agency was maintained at the minimum level required by law.

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