Judge Pauses Transfer of Florida Land for Trump Library

A Florida judge has temporarily blocked Miami Dade College from transferring $67 million worth of property for President Donald Trump’s presidential library in Miami, reports the Miami Herald.

The move by Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz came after a Miami activist alleged that officials at a local college violated Florida’s open-government law when they gifted the sizable plot of real estate to the state, which then voted to transfer it to the foundation for the planned library.

“This is not an easy decision,” Ruiz said Tuesday when explaining her ruling from the bench, finding that the college didn’t give the public reasonable notice ahead of the vote last month.

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