Is withholding federal counterterrorism funds from states – as FEMA has threatened – legal?

FEMA has threatened to withhold funds from states for noncompliance with Trump administration election directives. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued new grant guidelines that threaten to withhold counterterrorism funds from states that do not comply with President Donald Trump’s election security directives. The agency told states they must “reconcile the number of voters who voted in federal elections with the number of ballots cast. They must…