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.
Trump administration demands Citibank freeze Biden’s $20B climate slush fund due to criminal probe
The Trump administration has ordered Citibank to freeze a $20 billion fund for pop-up climate groups provided by then-lame-duck President Joe Biden’s EPA because it is tied up in a criminal
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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