Illinois AG Kwame Raoul says office not backing down from lawsuits against Trump administration despite budget limits

Even though President Donald Trump has been in power for two months, numerous lawsuits have been brought against his administration, one of which involves Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.

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“We not being frivolous, these are real harms that are coming to our respective states and the American peoples at large,” Raoul said.

Raoul has teamed up with 20 other Democratic state attorneys general in multiple legal actions, with many of them linked to the Elon Musk DOGE firings of federal employees.

The most recent legal action is against Trump’s decision to cut half of all Department of Education employees.

RELATED | Illinois joins lawsuit to block Trump administration layoffs at the Education Department

“While he is entitled to push forward his agenda, he cannot do so by disregarding the legal system, the separation of powers, or the Constitution,” Raoul stated.

So far, Raoul and the other attorneys general have been quite successful, including last night’s decision by a federal Maryland judge to temporarily stop federal layoffs and reinstate thousands of employees.

The Trump administration calls the ruling absurd.

“Our lawyers at the federal government believe this injunction is entirely unconstitutional,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

While the Trump administration promises to fight back, so will Raoul’s office.

However, Raoul said his best lawyers are strained with a limited budget, adding that his office is overburdened not just fighting the Trump administration, but keeping up with the state’s regular case load.

The state attorney’s office handles consumer litigation, prosecuting child predators, gun and human traffickers, etc.

While legal action against the Trump administration is not about to slow down anytime soon, Raoul says he plans to make his case before state lawmakers for more funding during state budget hearings in April.

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