Attorney General Pam Bondi escalated the Trump administration’s war with Maine on Wednesday, announcing a lawsuit over the state’s decision to continue allowing boys to compete in girls’ sports.

Bondi said during a press conference flanked by young female athletes, including activist Riley Gaines, that the legal action was a result of the state defying Trump’s executive order that interpreted Title IX to prevent transgender athletes from competing in sports exclusive to their opposite sex. The Biden administration had reinterpreted it to include transgender identity in Title IX’s protections.

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“They must not be reading the same Title IX we’re reading,” Bondi said.

The complaint alleges that the Maine Department of Education is “openly and defiantly flouting federal anti-discrimination law.”

“By prioritizing gender identity over biological reality, Maine’s policies deprive girl athletes of fair competition, deny them equal athletic opportunities, and expose them to heightened risks of physical injury and physiological harm,” the complaint read.

The lawsuit is the latest development in a dispute that began in February with a heated exchange between President Donald Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) at a luncheon. Trump singled out the governor and asked if she would comply with his policy on transgender athletes. Mills replied that she would comply with “state and federal law.”

“Well we are the federal law. You better do it. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don’t,” Trump said.

“We’ll see you in court,” Mills shot back.

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“Good, I’ll see you in court. I look forward to that. That should be a real easy one. And enjoy your life after governor because I don’t think you’ll be in elected politics,” Trump said.

Asked by a reporter about Mills’s recent remarks that male athletes competing in female sports is rare, Bondi replied, “If one young woman is in jeopardy … that’s enough for us to be standing up here.”

The lawsuit comes after the Department of Education said days ago that it referred an investigation into Maine to the DOJ. The Department of Education also said it began attempting to strip the federal K-12 formula and grant funding.