Federal judge uses Trump’s words to prove DOJ was defying his court order.

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A federal judge on Thursday chastised the Trump administration in the harshest possible terms for refusing to obey his order that food stamps be given to beneficiaries in the midst of the government shutdown, citing the president himself as offering key proof of the government’s contemptuous intent. He ordered the benefits, known as Supplemental Nutrition Access Program or SNAP, be paid in full by Friday. Yet, as of Friday evening, the benefits had not been paid. Instead the Trump administration had appealed the judge’s ruling, as it said it was working to comply with the judge’s order and as many went hungry. Late Friday, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Ja