Monday, 12 May 2025

Attorney General Pam Bondi Announces Lawsuit Against Democrat-Led State

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a lawsuit against Maine’s Department of Education for defying President Trump’s executive order to prevent biological males from competing in women’s sports.

“The state of Maine is discriminating against women by failing to protect women in women’s sports,” Bondi said.

“This is a violation of Title IX. The Department of Justice will not sit by when women are discriminated against in sports. This is about sports, this is also about these young women’s personal safety,” she continued.

WATCH:

Fox News reports:

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the lawsuit at a press conference on Wednesday morning. It is the latest chapter in the battle between the state and the Trump administration after a federal judge paused a funding freeze that was initiated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Bondi was joined at the press conference by Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon, conservative activist Riley Gaines, Maine GOP state representative Laurel Libby, Maine high school girl Cassidy and fencer Stephanie Turner, who recently drew viral attention to the issue of trans inclusion in women’s fencing with a clip of her kneeling in protest of a trans opponent.

“The Department of Justice will not sit by when women are discriminated against in sports,” Bondi said at the press conference. “… What they have been through is horrific.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Maine Gov. Janet Mills and Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey’s offices for comment.

“We want to get states to comply with us,” Bondi added.

Bondi said they were seeking an injunction and have titles returned to the girls who “rightfully” won competitions in which trans athletes participated in.

WATCH:

Per CBS News:

The move marks an escalation between the Trump administration and Maine over the issue. President Trump signed an executive order in February to ban transgender girls and women from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity, mandating that Title IX, the federal law banning sex discrimination in schools, be interpreted as prohibiting the participation of transgender girls and women in female sports. President Trump said states not in compliance would jeopardize any federal funding they receive.

Then, in a tense moment between Mr. Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, later in February, the president threatened that her state wouldn’t get federal funding if it didn’t comply with the executive order barring transgender athletes from competing on women’s sports teams. Mills replied, “See you in court.”

Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who appeared alongside Bondi on Wednesday, said “I hope Gov. Mills will recognize that her political feud with the president will deprive the students in her state of much more than the right to fair sporting events.”

The attorney general outlined that the Justice Department had “exhausted every other remedy,” saying it has “repeatedly notified Maine of its infractions and urged them to remedy the situation to protect women.” Bondi noted that the administration has stripped grants to Maine through other agencies, and would “continue to fight for women.”

The federal government said in its lawsuit filed in Maine’s federal court that the state’s Department of Education is “openly and defiantly flouting anti-discrimination law by enforcing policies that require girls to compete against boys in athletic competitions designated exclusively for girls,” arguing that the practice violates Title IX’s “core protections.”
It cited three examples of boys participating in girls sports.


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