2TRENTON, N.J. — Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has filed a sweeping lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Secretary, Brooke Rollins, accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully suspending food assistance for millions of Americans amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

The action, joined by 21 other state attorneys general and three governors, targets the administration’s decision to suspend funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beginning November 1.

Governor Phil Murphy said the move “betrays America’s most vulnerable working- and middle-class families,” calling it “an affront to the more than 800,000 New Jerseyans” who rely on SNAP to buy food.

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