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AG Racine Statement on Congress Passing Bipartisan Legislation To Help Improve Tools for Reporting Hate Crimes

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today issued the following statement after Congress passed bipartisan legislation he advocated for to provide state and local governments and law enforcement agencies with the tools and resources to understand, identify, and report hate crimes and, as a result,…

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AG Racine Announces AT&T To Pay $1.5 Million for Overcharging District Government for Telecom Services

Today, Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced that AT&T Mobility National Accounts LLC (AT&T) agreed to pay $1.5 million for its failure to comply with its long-term contract with the District for cell phone and internet services and, as a result, overcharging District taxpayers by…

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Testimony

OAG Testimony on B24-0075, the “Expanding Supports for Crime Victims Amendment Act of 2021” and B24-0116, the “Victims’ Protection Amendment Act of 2021”

Statement of Janese Bechtol, Chief of the Domestic Violence & Special Victims Section, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, and Crime Victims Compensation Advisory Commission Chair

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AG Racine Announces Area Developer & Landlord To Pay $35,000 Penalty for Violating District Lead Laws & Failing to Inform Tenants About Toxic Lead Paint

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced an area developer and landlord agreed to pay a $35,000 penalty for violating the District’s lead paint laws and misleading tenants about the presence of toxic lead paint. 

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Convening Against Anti-AAPI Hate

Our country faces a reckoning as the pandemic has laid bare many of the disparities and biases that have only been exacerbated during the past year.

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Testimony

OAG Testimony on Local Control of Parole in the District of Columbia

Statement of Emily Gunston, Deputy Attorney General for Legislative Affairs and Policy, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia

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AG Racine & AG Tong Host Landmark National Convening on Combating Anti-AAPI Hate

Today, National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) President and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine co-hosted a landmark national convening with Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and the Attorney General Alliance (AGA) on countering anti-AAPI (Asian American and…

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Testimony

OAG Testimony on The Operations of the Department of Forensic Science

Statement of Karl A. Racine, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia

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AG Racine Sues Fitness Training Company for Fraudulent Medicaid Billing Scheme

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against Oji Fit World, a fitness training company, for filing false Medicaid claims and defrauding the District.

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Championing DC Statehood

DC is my home. I was raised here. I’ve seen how much DC has grown and changed over the years. I’ve been proud to get to know many others raised in DC, and to welcome new residents who have settled in and made it their home too.  

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