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Senator Whitehouse alleges DOJ 'weaponization' in actions tied to greenhouse gas reduction fund; committee seeks answers
Summary
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse told the Environment and Public Works Committee he believes the interim U.S. Attorney and others improperly attempted to freeze the greenhouse gas reduction fund through a purported criminal probe; senators pressed EPA general counsel nominee Sean Donahue about agency involvement and legal standards for opening probes.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse accused Department of Justice actors of improperly targeting the greenhouse gas reduction fund (GGRF) during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing, saying the sequence of events raised “multiple red flags” about prosecutorial misconduct.
Whitehouse said an interim U.S. attorney publicly called the fund "total graft," sought to freeze funds held by a private fiscal agent (Citibank), and then pressed forward despite career prosecutors declining to sign off. He described a…
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