Use of Appropriated Funds for Illegal Lobbying and Partisan Political Activity by Federal Grantees

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   On 2025-08-28, Donald Trump directed agencies to review grants and enforce restrictions on using appropriated funds for lobbying and partisan political activity.

   Operative text of the cited action

   Grantee order increased scrutiny but did not create the federal lobbying ban it invokes · Enhanced review ordered under existing grant-law restrictions; no new statutory offense created.

2. documented
   Superseded · open corrected record

   On 2025-08-28, Donald Trump directed agencies to review grants and enforce restrictions on using appropriated funds for lobbying and partisan political activity.

   Operative text of the cited action

   Trump ordered agencies to police lobbying and partisan activity by federal grantees · superseded evidence record