FBI, EPA, and Treasury told Citibank to freeze funds

Citibank says FBI recommended that it freeze the accounts of climate grant recipients
A legal filing from Citibank may shine light on the Trump administration’s anti-climate crusade, with the bank saying it was informed that the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund was under an active criminal investigation.
FBI, EPA, and Treasury told Citibank to freeze funds as Trump administration tries to claw back climate money
The accounts were frozen in February, but documents filed today make public details which had previously been unknown.
FBI Freezes Assets Of Climate Grant Recipients For Fraud
The idea of criminalizing community climate work wouldn’t have originated at the FBI - it likely comes from EPA director Lee Zeldin, who today cut all EPA’s environmental justice offices," Capitol Hunters reported.
Judge questions Trump administration claw back of $20 billion climate fund
A U.S. judge on Wednesday pressed President Donald Trump's administration for evidence of fraud, waste and abuse in a $20 billion climate funding program that the administration has moved to terminate.
EPA accused of faking criminal investigation to claw back climate funds
On Wednesday, a ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee accused the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of "misusing law enforcement" to claw back climate funds and "humor" Donald Trump’s "vindictive political whims."
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Court Docs Reveal Citibank Froze Nonprofits’ Accounts on FBI’s Request
Citibank was following requests from the Trump White House when it froze the accounts of several nonprofits last month.
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FBI Says Habitat for Humanity Is Under Criminal Investigation
Sources say the FBI, under the direction of the Trump administration, is moving to criminalize organizations that received ...
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FBI Moves To Criminalize Climate Groups
Citibank disclosed in a recent court filing that the FBI had instructed it to freeze the accounts of organizations once ...
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EPA Freezes, Then Terminates, Multi-Billion Dollar Climate Grants, Scuttling Projects and Triggering Lawsuits
The lawsuits could take months, if not years, to resolve, experts say, leaving green banks, clean energy startups and ...
Trump officials escalate fight to take back $20B in climate money
The Justice Department is demanding documents from nonprofits that were awarded the money through the Inflation Reduction Act ...
E.P.A. Cancels Climate Grants, Intensifying Battle Over $20 Billion
Here is what we know about the billions in funds that have led to federal investigations, lawsuits and frozen bank accounts ...