Washington, DC – The Office of the Attorney General has introduced proposed legislation that would constitute one of the nation’s most comprehensive synthetic drug statutes. In an effort to be at the forefront in the ongoing struggle between law enforcement and manufacturers of synthetic cannabinoids and synthetic cathinones, the Synthetics Abatement and Full Enforcement Drug Control Act of 2015 (“SAFE DC”) incorporates best practices in enforcement from multiple jurisdictions around the nation.

WASHINGTON, D. C. – A federal judge has granted the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland permission to serve document-preservation subpoenas on businesses owned by President Donald Trump as part of the District and Maryland’s lawsuit alleging that President Trump is violating key anti-corruption provisions of the Constitution.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and the owners of four buildings in Congress Heights have agreed to a court-monitored plan that will ensure tenants in the building can live in safe, habitable conditions. The case will remain open, with quarterly status reports to the Court to ensure that conditions do not deteriorate and that the owners continue to comply with all aspects of the abatement plan.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today issued the following statement regarding the upcoming demonstrations that will take place in downtown D.C. on January 5 and 6.

“The District of Columbia is a community that respects every person. We also respect the First Amendment’s guarantees around freedom of expression and value peaceful protest as a hallowed American tradition.

WASHINGTON, D. C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine and a bipartisan coalition of 21 attorneys general are urging congressional leaders to improve cybersecurity and protect the integrity of future U.S. elections. Federal investigations show Russian hackers targeted the American electoral system in 2016, stole the private information of hundreds of thousands of people, and infiltrated a company that supplies voting software across the nation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that Caroline S. Van Zile will serve as Solicitor General for the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General Brian Schwalb joined a bipartisan coalition of 54 Attorneys General urging Congress to study how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used—and is already being used—to exploit children through the creation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and to propose legislation to protect children from these abuses. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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 other resolutions requiring owners in Wards 7 and 8 to make needed updates to the properties to make them safer for residents.

Dear Fellow Washingtonians,

Last week, communities around the world gathered to celebrate Earth Day, and at the Office of the Attorney General, we are committed to using every legal tool available to protect the District’s abundant natural resources, fight for environmental justice, and ensure all Washingtonians have access to clean air and water.  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a group of 20 attorneys general urging the Biden administration to abandon Trump-era plans to terminate family reunification programs impacting Haitian and Filipino immigrants.