News & Updates
AG Racine Forces Owners & Managers of Apartment Buildings to Pay More Than $2 million to the District, Improve Public Safety Around Properties in Lawsuit Brought by OAG
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced the resolution of three cases including one in which the owners and property managers of two apartment buildings in Ward 4 will pay the District more than $2 million for public safety and housing code violations and remedy those conditions, and two…
OAG Testimony on B24-0838, the “Restoring Trust and Credibility to Forensic Sciences Amendment Act of 2022”
Statement of Assistant Attorney General Jose Marrero, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
OAG Testimony on the Omnibus Firearm and Ghost Gun Clarification Amendment
The bill includes small but important modifications to the District’s prohibitions on ghost guns and firearms manufacturing to help ensure those prohibitions remain effective.
Testimony on Paternity Establishment Amendment Act
OAG testified before DC Council about needed reforms to modernize our approach to establishing paternity.
Making DC Safer, in the Short and Long Term
Our most important role is to help protect our neighbors—and we take that job very seriously.
AG Racine Statement on OAG's Prosecution of Juvenile Violent Crime
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today issued the following statement about the Office of the Attorney General (OAG)’s prosecution of violent crime by juveniles. OAG prosecutes all incidents of violent crime committed by juveniles, where there is sufficient evidence to do so. These efforts are…
AG Racine Files a Notice of Appeal in Purdue Pharma & Sackler Bankruptcy Plan
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that he filed a notice of appeal in Purdue Pharma’s flawed bankruptcy plan. He asserted that the plan is inadequate, and that a bankruptcy court does not have the authority to prevent attorneys general from enforcing state law, including the…
OAG Testimony on B24-0063, the “Second Chance Amendment Act of 2021” and B24-0110, the “Criminal Record Expungement Amendment Act of 2021”
Statement of Jeminé Trouth, Assistant Chief of the Criminal Section with the Public Safety Division, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Coalition of 24 Attorneys General Express Opposition to Opioid Manufacturer Purdue Pharma's Bankruptcy Plan
Attorney General Karl A. Racine joined 23 other state attorneys general in issuing a statement expressing disappointment in a plan filed by opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma in bankruptcy court.