Politics Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration.

    Citibank revealed in a court filing Wednesday that it was told to freeze the groups’ bank accounts at the FBI’s request. The reason? The FBI alleges that the groups are involved in “possible criminal violations,” including “conspiracy to defraud the United States.”

    “The FBI has told Citibank that recipients of EPA climate grants are being considered as potentially liable for fraud. That is, the Trump administration wants to criminalize work on climate science and impacts,” the @capitolhunters account wrote Wednesday on X. “An incoming administration not only cancels federal grants but declares recipients as criminals. All these grantees applied under government calls FOR ENVIRONMENTAL WORK, were reviewed and accepted. Trump wants to jail them.“

    The Appalachian Community Capital Corporation, the Coalition for Green Capital, and the DC Green Bank are just some of the nonprofits being targeted.

    “This is not fraud. This is targeted harassment,” @capitolhunters continued. “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, which try to reduce pollution in poor and minority communities.”

    Zeldin’s order eliminates 10 EPA regional offices as well as the headquarters in Washington, D.C.

    https://newrepublic.com/post/192660/trump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations
     
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    How will ANY of this hold up in court?
     
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    billionaires buy judges and give them cabinet positions, ambassadorships and golf memberships, etc...sometimes yachts or RVs and expensive vacations. See Clarence Thomas.
     
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    Kash Patel said he would use law enforcement for vengeance. Republicans said cool.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Habitat for Humanity was a pet project of Carter. Trump was furious about flags at half staff during his inauguration. Hated Carter for being a decent kind honorable man who served his country, loved his wife, and was beloved by those who knew him. All things Trump can never be.
     

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