News & Updates
OAG Testimony on Attendance, Chronic Absenteeism, and Truancy in the District
Statement of Dana Edwards, Case Manager, Public Safety Division, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
AG Racine Secures Emergency Relief Against Affordable Housing Non-Profit for Abandoning Mission, Attempting to Use Charitable Assets for Private Gain
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that his office succeeded in stopping the Janet Keenan Housing Corporation, which provides affordable housing to low-income DC residents, from attempting to sell their property for private purposes in violation of District non-profit law.
AG Racine Announces Victories in Three Nonprofit Enforcement Lawsuits, Including Against DC Nonprofit Public Media Lab, That Will Redirect Over $400K to Local Organizations
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced victories in three lawsuits filed by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) to stop misuse of nonprofit funds, including the resolution of lawsuits against Public Media Lab (PML) and Pavilion USA 2020, Inc., which will return over $400,000 in…
Testimony on Paternity Establishment Amendment Act
OAG testified before DC Council about needed reforms to modernize our approach to establishing paternity.
AG Racine Claws Back $750K in Misspent Nonprofit Funds From Trump Organization & Presidential Inaugural Committee
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that the Trump Organization and Donald Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) will be required to pay $750,000 to the District to resolve allegations that the PIC, the Trump International Hotel, and the Trump Organization illegally misused…
AG Racine Sues Failed Nonprofit Related to U.S. Pavilion at World's Fair for Improperly Paying Founders More Than $360K in Charitable Funds
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against a failed nonprofit that was founded to raise funds for the U.S. pavilion at the 2020 World’s Fair Exposition in Dubai and two of its founders, alleging that the founders improperly paid themselves more than $360,000.
AG Racine Sues Officer of Two Nonprofits for Abusing His Authority for Decades & Diverting Charitable Funds for Personal Benefit
Today, Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced he filed a complaint against two District nonprofit entities and a long-standing officer and director of those entities for disregarding the nonprofits’ governing requirements and diverting nonprofit funds for the officer’s personal benefit,…
AG Racine Sues Public Media Lab and Manifold Productions for Funneling Over $4 Million in Nonprofit Funds to Michael Pack
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today filed suit against the Public Media Lab (PML), and Manifold Productions, Inc. (Manifold), for using millions of dollars in nonprofit funds to enrich Michael Pack, the founder of Manifold and Chief Executive Officer for PML.
AG Racine Wins Lawsuit Resolving Leadership Crisis at District Nonprofit Caused by Trump Appointee
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that the Superior Court granted the District’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit to resolve a dispute over control of the Open Technology Fund (OTF), an internet freedom nonprofit.