WASHINGTON (TNND) — Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Monday that he would be suing the Trump administration in order to protect personal information of Pennsylvanians.
“BREAKING: I’m suing the Trump Administration to prevent them from misusing the private, personal information of Pennsylvanians who receive temporary assistance benefits from our Commonwealth,” he wrote on the social media platform, X.
He said that the president could not seize information from Pennsylvania residents unlawfully.
“Pennsylvanians entrust our Administration to protect their private information when they apply for services — we’re not going to let the President seize your information for his own purposes,” Shapiro continued.
Shapiro has not elaborated on what specifically Trump has done regarding seizing information, but he has sued the administration in the past.
Last month, Shapiro sued the Trump administration for what he described as an “illegal effort” to hold homeland security money hostage to control elections in Pennsylvania.
“The Trump Administration is holding critical funding for homeland security and disaster response hostage in their latest attempt to take over our elections and perpetuate baseless conspiracy theories,” Shapiro said in a statement. “Withholding this funding will make our communities less safe and would be dangerous under any circumstance, but doing this in an attempt to undermine states’ authority over elections is reckless and unconstitutional. I’m going to court to protect the people of Pennsylvania from this brazen attempt to withhold vital resources from our law enforcement officers and first responders.”