NEW YORK, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. cities of New York, Seattle and Portland filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging President Donald Trump's memorandum which orders federal agencies to withhold federal grant dollars from so-called "anarchist jurisdictions," and the Attorney General's unlawful designation of the cities as "anarchist."
"The cities argue the executive branch lacks authority to add conditions to congressionally appropriated funds without congressional authorization, and that the designation was made in an arbitrary and capricious manner based on a set of vague and subjective factors entirely within the U.S. Attorney General's discretion," said a press release issued by New York City government, concerning the memorandum titled "Reviewing Funding to State and Local Government Recipients of Federal Funds That Are Permitting Anarchy, Violence, and Destruction in American Cities."
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