Trump wades into legal battle over Harvey relief funds for churches


  • President Donald Trump tweeted Friday in support of churches seeking federal reimbursements for assisting in Hurricane Harvey disaster relief efforts, wading into an ongoing legal fight between local religious institutions and his own administration.


    “Churches in Texas should be entitled to reimbursement from FEMA Relief Funds for helping victims of Hurricane Harvey (just like others),” the president wrote on Twitter late Friday.

    On Monday three Texas churches sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) demanding access to disaster relief funds generally provided to nondenominational non-profits but not religious institutions.

    Trump’s call for the churches to be treated “just like others” could be seen as a call for equal treatment of secular non-profits and religiously-based organizations in how FEMA divvies up its disaster relief funds. It is unclear whether President Trump’s call would similarly apply to mosques, synagogues and other religious institutions potentially damaged in Texas during the storm.


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