WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine will today participate in a hearing before the Council of the District of Columbia about budgeting for the future of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and additional resources that will help ensure it can continue its work to make the District fairer, safer, and more just for all residents.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced settlements in three lawsuits against real estate companies accused of illegally discriminating against low-income District residents who use housing vouchers to pay rent at properties in Wards 1, 7, and 8.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a wage theft lawsuit against a company operating supported-living facilities and its former owners for denying frontline health care workers the wages they were due after working extended hours for patients during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON, D. C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced today that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) Office of Consumer Protection has settled a lawsuit it brought against Jefferson and Insun Hofgard, a Virginia-based couple accused of engaging in an illegal house-flipping scheme. Under the settlement, the Hofgards are required to pay full restitution to affected consumers, which will amount to at least $1.3 million.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a coalition of 23 Attorneys General urging the Supreme Court to reject Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request that the Court overturn election results in four states critical to President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. In an amicus brief filed in Texas v.
By Karl A. Racine and Miriam Aroni Krinsky Karl A. Racine is the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Miriam Aroni Krinsky is the executive director of Fair and Just Prosecution.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced four recent actions by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) to ensure that tenants across the District, regardless of their income level or neighborhood, can live in safe, habitable housing. OAG has filed a lawsuit against the owner of an apartment building in Brightwood Park for forcing tenants to live in deplorable conditions.
