Citing “unlawful threats” to its sovereignty, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe on June 23, 2020, sued President Donald J. Trump and other members of his administration in connection with coronavirus checkpoints on the reservation.
“Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe files this Complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief against the Defendants Donald J. Trump, President of the United States; Mark Meadows, White House Chief of Staff; Douglas Hoelscher, White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs; Dr. Deborah Birx, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator; David Bernhardt, United States Secretary of the Interior; Tara Katuk Mac Lean Sweeney, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; and other Department of Interior officials for threatening to take unlawful actions to shut down the Tribe’s Health Safety Checkpoints, including threats of reassumption of control of the Tribe’s law enforcement program, in the midst of the unprecedented national COVID-19 public health crisis,” the 38-page complaint reads.
HOT OFF THE COURT DOCKET!
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States.@CRSTChairman v. @realDonaldTrump @POTUS @WhiteHouse @WilliamCrozer45
🔥 @bigfirelaw 🔥 pic.twitter.com/GXVJDxvJVW
— indianz.com (@indianz) June 24, 2020
“We will not apologize for being an island of safety in a sea of uncertainty and death.”
Citing “unlawful threats” to its sovereignty, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is suing Trump administration over #Coronavirus checkpoints on reservation.#COVID19 @CRSTChairman @bigfirelaw pic.twitter.com/f0E6rNAGvY
— indianz.com (@indianz) June 24, 2020
“Oh, okay. And you’re … President Trump’s Chief of Staff”?
EPIC BURN 🔥 in Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. Donald J. Trump@CRSTChairman @bigfirelaw @MarkMeadows pic.twitter.com/xn2dAhXqW9
— indianz.com (@indianz) June 24, 2020
During call with Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold Frazier @CRSTChairman, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows @MarkMeadows acknowledged federal intervention on #Coronavirus checkpoints won’t do the “President any good.” #Sovereignty #HonorTheTreaties @bigfirelaw pic.twitter.com/MSlWagqQN4
— indianz.com (@indianz) June 24, 2020
Despite White House’s admission about #Coronavirus checkpoints, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney @ASIndianAffairs threatened law enforcement funds for Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, lawsuit against President Donald Trump alleges.@CRSTChairman @bigfirelaw pic.twitter.com/mGPVNzjgid
— indianz.com (@indianz) June 24, 2020
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