Radio Free Asia filed a lawsuit Thursday against the United States government to restore funding cut off by the U.S. Agency for Global Media, claiming that the organization did not have the authority to stop the money.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said Congress appropriated the funding to the news organization but did not give the agency the ability to withhold the money, reports Bloomberg Law.
The defunding, therefore, was made in violation of several constitutional provisions and federal law, the complaint states.
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