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Trump administration is Drawing funds from the Maine of the Correction Department Over a transgender woman who is in a woman prison, the American lawyer Pam Bondi said in an interview on Tuesday.

“We withdrew all non-mass financing from the Department for Updates in Maine, because they allowed a man in a woman’s prison” Bondi said Fox News.

Bondi did not provide an amount during the interview, but Fox News reported that there would be $ 1.5 million.

Inmate Bondi referred to the Balkara Andrea, which in 2018. was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder of his parents and a family dog. The Balker’s Attorney’s Office argued that she went through the transformation of gender identity and that her parents did not accept. Balker did not have criminal records before the murders 31. October 2016, in her family home in Winthrop, Maine. She had 17 at the time.

The Balker is currently closed in the Maine Correction Center, according to the correction department in the Maine-database.

“We will withdraw your financing, we will protect women in prison, we will protect women in sports, we will protect women throughout this country,” Bondi said in an interview.

The Maine Correction Department announced a statement on Tuesday, partly, partly that “assesses the impact on services from these funding”.

The Department mentioned that funding will affect three grant programs: improving the disorder of the substance disorder and recovery outcomes for adults; Another opportunity law dealing with the needs of closed parents and their minor children; and smart probation: Innovation in the supervision of the initiative.

The advocacy groups criticized the move.

“If the Federal Government is really concerned about women, all women, would not withdraw funding for basic programs in our communities,” Jan Collins, assistant advocacy for Maine prisoners, said Tuesday.

Maine was already a target of attempts to withdraw federal finance. The Department of Agriculture has Paused federal financing For certain state educational programs over the respect of the state with the title of IX, a law prohibiting discrimination based on sex in education.

It is the Maine allows a transgender athlete to participate in women’s sports. Comes after public cCancellation between Maine Gov. Janet Mills and President Donald Trumpwho finished in the mills spoke to the President “, see you in court.” The Federal Government then launched an investigation into Maine’s policies, which determined that the Maine Department for Education, Association of the General Director and High School in the State in Constitoxification Title IX.

Last week, the Federal Government issued a “final warning”, saying that the case would send the case to the judicial department if all parties do not sign agreement until 11. April.

Maine officials have previously said did not intend to adhere to.

This story first appeared at NBC Boston.