Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s budget has quietly eliminated the prohibition imposed in 2019 by the state legislature blocking Attorney General Mark Herring’s use of the AG’s office “to advance the agenda represented by” billionaire climate activist Michael Bloomberg’s group established for the purpose. The legislature placed this restriction in the spending bill in response to AG […]
Republican AGs Amplify Campaign Implications of Bloomberg AG Scheme
Yesterday CLW noted an article in the Daily Caller touting some Republican AG criticism of billionaire climate activist Michael Bloomberg’s scheme to privately hire and promote the work of activist attorneys as “Special Assistant Attorneys General”, so long as they were tasked with pushing Bloomberg’s desired (policy) agenda. The article also amplified about the disparity […]
Republican AGs Sharpen Arguments on Bloomberg AG Scheme
Daily Caller’s Chris White writes, “Republican attorneys general say billionaire Michael Bloomberg is engaging in a politically partisan ploy to use Democratic AGs to go after energy companies”. He quotes Indiana Attorney General (AG) Curtis Hill, a Republican, saying: “What’s problematic is the arrangement through which a private organization or individual can promote an overtly political […]