LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Agriculture from accessing personal data of Kentuckians enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Gov. Andy Beshear joined the lawsuit brought by 21 attorneys’ generals challenging the USDA’s demand that states turn over private information of SNAP beneficiaries.

“I joined this lawsuit because no Kentuckian – and no American – should have to worry about their confidential and personal information being shared unlawfully,” Gov. Beshear said. “Millions of Americans, and more than half a million Kentuckians, receive SNAP benefits, and their privacy rights are just as important as everyone else’s.”

The USDA warned states in July that failing to turn over information on enrollees in

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