White House says rescinding the OMB memo is "NOT a rescission of the freeze"

Date

Jan 29, 2025

Kind

Rhetorical

Status

Rhetorical defiance

Source

forvismazars.us ↗

Court or forum

D.D.C., Judge Loren AliKhan

What happened

OMB withdrew memo M-25-13 the day after an administrative stay; the Press Secretary posted that "This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze. It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo." Both courts treated the freeze as ongoing.

Publisher

Forvis Mazars