The Justice Department has pulled all nonessential federal funding from Maine’s Department of Corrections over a trans-identifying man who is being housed in a women’s prison, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday.

Andrew Balcer, 26, a trans-identifying convicted double murderer is currently housed in a women’s prison in Maine.

“We pulled all nonessential funding from the Department of Corrections in Maine because they were allowing a man in a women’s prison,” Bondi said Tuesday. “A giant, 6-foot-1, 245-pound guy, who committed a double murder with a knife, stabbed his parents to death and the family dog, and he identified as a woman, so they were letting him be housed in a female prison.”

“No longer,” she added. “We will pull your funding. We will protect women in prison.”

Maine’s Department of Corrections is slated to lose more than $1 million in federal grants.

In February, Bondi sent a letter to Maine officials warning them to stop allowing trans-identifying males in women’s sports or face legal action. She sent similar letters to California and Minnesota.

“We will leverage every legal option necessary to ensure state compliance with federal law and President Trump’s executive order protecting women’s sports,” Bondi said at the time.

Bondi’s letter came just after President Donald Trump had a tense back and forth with Maine Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, at a White House dinner. Trump warned Mills that her state would lose federal funding if it refused to comply with his executive order protecting women’s sports.

“You better do it because you’re not gonna get any federal funding,” Trump told Mills. “Your population doesn’t want men playing in women’s sports.”

Stunning moment Trump goes back and forth with Maine governor on women's sports

TRUMP: "You better do it because you're not gonna get any federal funding … your population doesn't want men playing in women's sports."pic.twitter.com/UrqDl65nLx

— Mairead Elordi (@JohnsonHildy) February 21, 2025

Since then, Maine is facing federal action on other fronts over gender ideology as well.

The federal Department of Agriculture froze Maine’s funds over the state continuing to allow trans-identifying males to play in women’s sports. Maine’s attorney general responded by suing the Department of Agriculture over the funding freeze.

Meanwhile, the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services have said that Maine’s transgender sports policies violate Title IX.

The Education Department has given Maine until April 11 to submit a solution before the situation is referred to the Justice Department.

Also last week, the Education Department launched a new task force targeting the “staggering” number of Title IX complaints the administration is receiving. Investigators and Justice Department attorneys will look into potential violations.

Trans-identifying males in women’s prisons have become increasingly common. One trans-identifying male prisoner in New Jersey who was convicted of manslaughter was only transferred out of a women’s prison after he impregnated two female inmates.