@thomasfricke @signalapp @OpenTechFund @TheAtlantic Lucky OTF is popular with the US Congress because it is quite effective, a majority of both Democrats and Republicans support OTF. After the first attempt to shut down OTF in the first Trump administration, Congress changed the law to require the money to fund #FreeSoftware and to require security audits, as well as requiring that OTF specifically has money dedicated to it.

@thomasfricke @signalapp @OpenTechFund @TheAtlantic The good news is that the #Trump administration had such a weak case, they just rescinded the grant termination once it came to court. The court also kept the case open, despite the Trump admin arguing it was moot, until they actually paid #OTF the money they were owed. Now OTF has been paid:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278630/gov.uscourts.dcd.278630.19.0.pdf