# Trump admin hit with $461M lawsuit as embassy fight started under Biden comes back to haunt State Dept

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trump-admin-hit-with-461m-lawsuit-as-embassy-fight-started-under-biden-comes-back-to-haunt-state-dept/
- Published: 2026-10-28T15:01:33+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T15:27:49+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-hit-461m-lawsuit-embassy-fight-started-under-biden-comes-back-haunt-state-dept
- Topics: Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, World

## Key points

- Harbert is seeking more than $461 million from the Trump administration.
- The dispute concerns pandemic costs on 12 diplomatic construction projects.
- Harbert says a $370 million settlement was largely unpaid.

## Summary

B.L. Harbert International has sued the Trump administration for more than $461 million, saying the State Department withdrew from a settlement over costs the company incurred on overseas diplomatic construction during the COVID-19 pandemic. The case matters because Harbert says it followed government directions to keep work and procurement moving, while the government later failed to honour the agreed payment.

The lawsuit, filed in the US Court of Federal Claims, concerns 12 projects across four continents, including sites in Turkey, Iraq, Thailand, Morocco, Mexico and Central America. Harbert says it was working on 17 embassy and consulate projects when the pandemic began, and that labour costs at the Guatemala City embassy alone reached about $1.3 million a month; it alleges officials agreed to a $370 million settlement in September 2025, but the government paid only $501,636 before reversing course.

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