WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a group of 13 state attorneys general to defend a California law that limits when and how local law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration authorities. California passed this law to improve public safety for everyone by focusing on crime prevention and building trust between law enforcement and residents.

Washington, DC – Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced the successful resolution of three separate cases involving the financial exploitation of elders and other vulnerable adults.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine, along with New York Attorney General Letitia James, today led a coalition of 22 Attorneys General and the City of New York demanding that the Trump administration immediately suspend rulemaking that would cut food assistance for 3.1 million people.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against Helen Mart, a convenience store located in Ward 7, for price gouging during the District’s state of emergency. In response to a complaint submitted in April, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) investigated and found the store was charging $12.99 for 121-oz. bottles of Clorox Bleach—200 percent higher than prices offered by other District retailers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine, along with Colorado AG Phil Weiser, Idaho AG Lawrence Wasden, and Nebraska AG Doug Peterson, today co-led a bipartisan coalition of 50 Attorneys General and the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) condemning the January 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol in the District of Columbia. In a letter to Acting Attorney General Jeffrey A.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a $573 million settlement with McKinsey & Company (McKinsey), one of the world’s largest consulting firms, over its role in worsening the opioid epidemic. The settlement—negotiated with a coalition of attorneys general from the District of Columbia, 47 states, and five U.S. territories—resolves an investigation into the firm’s work to help opioid manufacturers promote and profit off dangerously addictive painkillers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine today became 2021 President of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)—a nonpartisan organization of 56 state and territory Attorneys General—and launched his presidential initiative to counter hate nationwide. Recent national data shows that incidents of hate, bias-motivated crimes, and the presence of extremists is a growing problem in the United States. AG Racine’s presidential initiative, titled “The People v.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced grant awards to four community-based organizations that will run new Cure the Streets violence reduction program sites in Wards 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8.