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This is not the first time that the US has withheld military aid.

He followed through, withholding millions of dollars in public safety grants from local law enforcement and prompting California leaders to sue.

Reasons given for withholding documents included the confidentiality of records involving the governor’s office.

Judge Lauren J. King on Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the government from withholding funds from hospitals in Washington, Oregon, Minnesota and Colorado, the states that sued over the order.

The controversy came as the Attorney General accused the FBI of withholding documents related to Epstein.