Top DOJ Prosecutor Walks Out Rather Than Investigate Biden 'New Green Deal' Grant for Criminal Behavior
By streiff | 2:30 PM on February 18, 2025
Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP, File
The head of the criminal division of the US Attorney's office in DC has resigned rather than investigate a Biden-sponsored New Green Deal grant network for possible criminal behavior. Denise Cheung announced her departure to staff with an email saying, “This office is a special place. I took an oath of office to support and defend the Constitution, and I have executed this duty faithfully.”
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Cheung’s resignation came in connection with a Justice Department effort to assist President Donald Trump’s new head of the Environmental Protection Agency, who said last week that he would try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration for climate and clean energy projects, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss it publicly.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said on X that the agency would seek to revoke contracts for a still-emerging “green bank,” known as the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, that is set to fund tens of thousands of projects to fight climate change and promote environmental justice.
The people said Cheung and interim U.S. attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. disagreed over whether she was delaying efforts to order a financial institution to halt spending transfers pending further investigation, or seeking to reach a compromise by taking steps she believed were ethical and appropriate. On Monday, Martin called Cheung, yelling at her for failing to do what acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove’s office had asked, one person said, although a second person contradicted that account, saying their exchanges were blunt but professional.
The Justice Department has the authority to freeze assets, but it can take that step only when it has evidence suggesting the assets can be traced to a crime.
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