[NYPOST] A Rhode Island federal judge who blocked President Trump's sweeping freeze on federal assistance earlier this year has been slapped with a complaint from a conservative legal group alleging that he could benefit from his decision.Providence US District Judge John McConnell sat on the board of Crossroads Rhode Island, a homeless services provider that has benefited from federal assistance, from 2006 to at least 2023, the nonprofit's tax records show. Between 2011 and 2021, the judge served as the board's chairman.
America First Legal, which began digging into McConnell's past after he issued a preliminary injunction halting Trump's freeze earlier this year, argued in a complaint filed to the Boston-based 1st Circuit Court of Appeals that the judge's ties to Crossroads pose a conflict of interest.
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