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DALLAS (NewsNation) — A national justice successful Texas has ruled that the Biden administration indispensable halt selling border wall materials that the outgoing president has refused to install.
The Biden medication agreed to halt selling further borderline partition materials implicit the adjacent 30 days.
In a Truth Social post, President-elect Trump celebrated the blocked sale, calling the ruling "a major, important WIN for America."
“The Judge has besides ordered an probe into the amerciable selling of the materials, which volition exposure conscionable however corrupt and anti-American Radical Democrats are,” Trump added.
Texas AG applauds judge blocking sale
The effort, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, began amid reports that the Biden medication was selling borderline partition materials.
"We person successfully blocked the Biden medication from disposing of immoderate further borderline partition materials earlier President Trump takes office," said Paxton, who has said helium wants to assistance the incoming Trump medication with wide deportation efforts.
Materials auctioned cheaply: Texas officials
This conflict implicit the borderline partition materials has been going connected for years.
In 2023, Congress ordered the U.S. Department of Defense to merchantability disconnected remaining borderline partition materials. Some were sent to borderline states and national agencies, portion others were sold to a backstage auction institution GovPlanet.com for pennies connected the dollar, according to Texas officials.
This December, Paxton filed a question to halt further sales.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick celebrated the determination connected X, calling it "a immense triumph for Donald Trump and Texas!"
"The borderline partition that Joe Biden was attempting to auction disconnected for pennies connected the dollar successful concealed has been stopped," helium added.
Meanwhile, Trump is reportedly readying to contented an enforcement bid releasing funds to restart gathering the borderline wall, perchance connected time 1 of his presidency.
