Trump FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity, Ordered Citibank to FREEZE bank accounts

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration.

FBI ordered Citibank to freeze the group bank's accounts.

https://newrepublic.com/post/192660/trump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations

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https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/fbi-epa-and-treasury-told-citibank-to-freeze-funds-as-trump-administration-tries-to-claw-back-climate-money/

The FBI has requested that Citibank place 30-day administrative freezes on accounts held by nonprofits that were recipients of the green bank funding. It also asked the bank to freeze other nonprofit and state government agency accounts, including Habitat for Humanity, United Way, the Colorado Clean Energy Fund, and New York State’s Department of Taxation and Finance.


Habitat for Humanity,
United Way,
the Colorado Clean Energy Fund,
and New York State’s Department of Taxation and Finance

DICTATOR TRUMP HAD HIS CORRUPT FBI FREEZE THE BANK ACCOUNT OF

UNITED WAY !!!

[Demovictory9]

1. Wow

[hlthe2b]

2. Beyond EVIL... or whatever non-religious connotation term you choose, but it applies...

[Mossfern]

14. how about

"Depraved?"

[Nanjeanne]

3. This is dictatorship playbook 101

It’s like watching a criminal gang intimidating an entire neighborhood to control the turf. Only in this case it’s a country not a neighborhood.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. What the actual fuck?

Is it because of the word "humanity" in the name? Jimmy Carter must be sprinning in his grave.

[brush]

5. WTH? Habitat for Humanity builds housing to help the unhoused. What is worng with that?

Because a Democrat, the late Pres. Jimmy Carter, was involved?

[kerry-is-my-prez]

7. I'm sure that's it. He's jealous of Carter and all the admiration Carter got.

He is full of jealousy and revenge.

[brush]

15. He's such a pathetic human being. Pres. Carter won the Nobel Prize in 2002...

so he's probably jealous of that too since trump wants the Nobel Prize so badly. He's also jealous of Pres. Obama too because he also won one.

This stupidity is no way to get the Nobel committee's attention.

[electric_blue68]

58. Didn't Obama make a jib at drumphf at some big diner?

[brush]

59. Yep, at the White House Correspondent's dinner one year.

trump was there and got embarrassed and tried not to show it. The crowd laugher.

[Qutzupalotl]

74. And not just any year...

2011. Obama had just ordered the strike to take out Bin Laden, but the results were not yet known. Then he goes and kills his set at the WHCD, insulting Trump to his face. Badass.

[Seinan Sensei]

48. An incredibly small, tiny, little, itty-bitty, wee man

[DENVERPOPS]

72. Many women I know call it

TWPC......"Teenie Weenie Peenie Complex", and according to Stormy, it is a very fitting description for Trump.........

[hedda_foil]

87. Yeah. And best buddy Leon apparently has teeny weeny broken peenie complex!

If you don't get it, it seems the implant broke so he has to inseminate his females artificially.

[OMGWTF]

71. On T💩p's Inauguration Day when he ordered the flags that were at half-staff for Pres. Carter's funeral

to be flown at full-staff, the cords to all of the flags were frozen in place at half-staff. It was Mother Nature's most awesome "fuck you" to T💩p.

[ramapo]

22. Simple answer

It helps people. There is no bigger crime.

[Just Jerome]

27. Absolutely.

Cruelty is the point.

[dchill]

69. Helping people equals Waste, Fraud and Abuse.

[SergeStorms]

75. And they're not getting rich from it.

What's the point of doing anything if you're not getting wealthy from it?

[RandomNumbers]

42. They want dependent people having to go to the places for help

that THEY want them to go to.

Like the fundie-right-wing Xtian taliban churches.

Habitat for Humanity is too "woke" and not brutal enough.

[mercuryblues]

54. It's because Carter had the audacity to die

before his inauguration. Forcing the orange Caligula to stomp his feet, demanding the flag be raised for him.

[lame54]

6. What law was broken?

[Bleacher Creature]

10. Fraud

He thinks climate change is fake, so receiving money to combat it is inherently defrauding the government.

Truly batshit crazy.

[LymphocyteLover]

64. that is some sick fucked up bullshit... goddamn this evil psycho. This WILL be fought in court

and the administration will lose, the dumb evil bastards

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

86. Trump doesn't care, though.

He’s not losing any money and it is red meat for his rabid base.

Trump is a truly nasty, cruel asshole who enjoys bullying and being vindictive.

He can’t drop dead soon enough IMO. And he should then become the first president whose DEATH is celebrated as a holiday. I know it will in my house.

[LymphocyteLover]

88. Yup. That is the only news I ever really want to hear about him.

[tonkatoy8888]

85. Absolutely

All the things others are bitching about in this thread may or may not be true but what the article said is that the current administration's position that climate change doesn't exist and organizations receiving funds to ameliorate climate change are committing fraud is the bottom line right now.

[Meowmee]

57. None so this is fraud by orange psycho etc.

[lamp_shade]

8. Thank you for calling the "Trump FBI" - I wish everybody would do that.

Trump DOJ
Trump USDA
Trump DOE
Trump whatever, etc.

[Deuxcents]

9. Habitat does not just build homes and give them away. The new owner puts in sweat equity

After being vetted and qualified. Waste, fraud and abuse or just plain retribution and cruelty? Here in Florida, the governor banned the words “climate change” or any word associated with climate in documents, etc. now, there’s a bill in the state legislature to change all references of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. This is all ridiculous and unnecessary

[Initech]

12. It's cruelty. Kash Patel is a stark raving psychopath and major conspiracy theorist.

[Initech]

11. We have a terrorist running the FBI. This is absolute insanity.

[Peacetrain]

13. What fresh hell is this???

Is there no bottom to their tyranny??

[Cha]

25. No.

[Joinfortmill]

37. None

[ananda]

60. Was there ever a bottom too low for them?

I can't think of a single time they didn't sink lower.

[sinkingfeeling]

16. What's the crime? State the law that's been broken by accepting a grant.

[no_hypocrisy]

18. I suppose it's TSF's "retribution" against Jimmy Carter for being a true Christian and

a saint.

[purrmaid]

40. As well as long-lived, and loved by many.

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. Whitehouse Launches Inquiry into Potential Law Enforcement Misconduct around EPA Climate Funding Freeze

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, sent a letter yesterday to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel requesting information about the Department of Justice and FBI’s investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF).
...
funding through GGRF, ordering the groups to turn over records to the FBI. The groups also received a summons to appear in federal court later this month.

“This chain of events provides abundant reason to believe that the Trump administration is purposefully misusing the tools of law enforcement, and pursuing false allegations of criminal conduct, with the improper purpose to wrongfully freeze assets appropriated by Congress and obligated to designated recipients, all to humor President Trump’s vindictive political whims,” wrote Whitehouse.

“If DOJ and the FBI are aiding and abetting this unlawful plot, it crosses very significant redlines for the agency and its personnel. That kind of misconduct is itself a violation of law and subjects lawyers participating in such conduct to professional as well as legal consequences. It is therefore imperative that the truth be told about what has gone on in this ominous episode,” concluded Whitehouse.

https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-launches-inquiry-into-potential-law-enforcement-misconduct-around-epa-climate-funding-freeze/

[Trust_Reality]

80. Senator Whitehouse

[twodogsbarking]

19. So freezing the funds of anyone is possible?

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2019/ag-james-secures-court-order-against-donald-j-trump-trump-children-and-trump

[Phoenix61]

26. That article has nothing to do with freezing funds. Nt

[twodogsbarking]

63. But it does with charities.

[BrianTheEVGuy]

20. Yikes

On the flip side, there will be little room for debate around who is responsible for the recession we are charging into.

[robbob]

68. Not room for debate?

Maybe on Fox: “It’s all Bidens fault!!!”. Nothing is ever tRump’s fault over there…

[BrianTheEVGuy]

92. Yeah, true

I view FOX and similar propaganda networks as a lost cause.

[bronxiteforever]

21. Evangelicals you did this

[Trust_Reality]

82. Because most of them robotically voted for "Conservatives".

They need to get a life.

[Hekate]

23. Gobsmacked over here...

[Cha]

24. WHEN ARE WE STORMING THE BASTILLE?!!

[DET]

28. It's Coming

The MAGAts are finally starting to wake up. There will be hell to pay when they start feeling the pain that the anti-Christ will be inflicting on them. It’s gonna get ugly.

[Cha]

29. TY & as you know.. It Needs to Get Ugly... Even Uglier

than what the GD Putin Puppet is Dishing out on a Dailey Basis.

I don't see how anyone can't see that who cares about our Country and Planet.

[3catwoman3]

30. Of, FFS, this is like saying Unicef or...

...the Red Cross are corrupt.

[AloeVera]

51. Did you notice the United Way is included?

Not far to go from it to the Red Cross.

Unicef has already been smeared, along with all other UN agencies and the UN itself. I wish the UN would kick the U.S. out, at least under Trump who wants to destroy it.

[JHB]

31. Even in death, Carter upstaged him, so revenge must be had.

[Buddyzbuddy]

32. In other news, Doge has fired Santa's elves and has placed

a 50% tariff on candies from the Easter bunny, tooth fairy and Santa's gifts. The Republican party is ordering all children under age 13 to now work for monies received for used teeth, and gifts from Santa. Children are responsible for a tax of 25 cents per pound of candies recieved. They must also work for Musk industries in lieu of debtors prison.
Way to go Republicans

[wordstroken]

33. Unbelievable!! No words.

[BadgerMom]

34. Well, Christofascists, there's your very religious leader.

You proud? Is America great yet?

[Trust_Reality]

83. Trump's people want to outlaw compassion and cooperation?!

Call it Trumpism.

[Joinfortmill]

35. Evil

[FirstLight]

36. So, giving to the poor and marginalized is illegal now?

Well call me Robin Hood cuz now I'm pissed

We should start calling him the sherrif of fuckingham

Are we gonna turn this around guys? I sincerely wonder...

[Norrrm]

53. It's that 'woke' Jesus stuff.

[Baron2024]

38. This Maniac

This maniac and his criminal gang of fascists must be stopped.

[orangecrush]

39. Proud of yourselves, you MAGAT MOTHERFUCKERS?

I hope I live to see the day of reckoning.

After that I will rest peacefully.

[bucolic_frolic]

41. Ah! Using the administrative state for political ends. Who would believe it?

Will judges believe it? I would think they might toss such suits. How about grand juries? It's a pretty unbelievable tale Kash is spinning, no?

[Phoenix61]

43. Citibank needs to tell the FBI o produce a court order

forcing them to freeze accounts otherwise they can go pound sand.

[Danmel]

44. We are in the budget process in NYS now

What are they seeking to claw back from Taxation and Finance? I work with that agency on an almost daily basis.
This is seriously messed up.

[Tansy_Gold]

45. What role did the New York State Dept of Taxes and Finance play in

all those charges against 💩's businesses?

Methinks this is more revenge of the fraudster than actual fraud.

[Retrograde]

84. How will Donnie be able to pay the amount levied against him

by the state of New York if the state's bank accounts are frozen? Wait - I think I just answered my own question.

[utopian]

46. Oregon Food Bank too

I run a food pantry. We're screwed. What is the point of deliberately causing a depression while simultaneously kneecapping needed social services? Not that I didn't see it coming.

[3auld6phart]

47. Christ almighty

Can’t you scum sucking, cowardly repukes stop this abomination Spineless pricks you clowns are beyond a laughing stock…. You are a dangerous threat to the world.pitin’s puppets.

[SunSeeker]

49. Holy shit. That is pure evil.

[Hieronymus Phact]

50. Just wait until they do it to the DNC. -nt

[UTUSN]

52. Knr

[SunImp]

55. Nazi scumbags

[NameAlreadyTaken]

56. Does he think he is a judge and can order banks around?

[Wednesdays]

62. Yes. nt

[DBoon]

77. No

He thinks he is an absolute monarch who can order everyone around - banks, judges, private citizens, other nations,...

[electric_blue68]

61. And ptobably trying to Wreck Democratic leaning NYC - the Engine of NYS! :

This scares me as n NYC'r.

And I've certainly been scared for other groups of people I'm not a part of under drumphf's, eloon's, ajd Repuglican's machinations.

.And fuck them for going after the other groups! The cruelty is the point!

[mn9driver]

65. People need to realize that the lunatic right is in control.

This isn’t the first term when there were still grownups in strategic positions surrounding TSF. They are gone and have been replaced by the crazies.

The only thing that might save the country is the judiciary. Not holding my breath.

[NotHardly]

66. Retribution, enemies list to include dead Presidents... charming.

F*cking Nazi.

[Figarosmom]

67. They just cannot stand when

There is something good in the world that a Democrat was responsible for.

I imagine they call Habitate communism

[ScratchCat]

70. Without a court order

CitiBank can't do any such thing. It would be against the law.

[Ping Tung]

73. In other news: Any words such as "humanity", "humanitarian", "humane", etc are to banned as unpatriotic.

[underpants]

76. Habitat and the United Way???

Wow

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

78. I guess I should expect my door to be breached in the dark of night. I gave to Habitat for Humanity. Also, ...

I have given to suspect international groups, like Doctors without Borders, operating under the alias MSF (Medicins Sans Frontieres).

The only one I might freeze is United Way. When I worked, it was expected you would contribute to United Way. If you didn't, you got to visit the boss. If that didn't work, you visit the boss's boss, etc. It seemed like an extortion racket.

[global1]

79. He Is Out Of His Mind And......

anybody that agrees with him or goes along with him on this - is right there with him and out of their minds.

[Historic NY]

81. So its a crime to build climate friendly or rehab - retrofitting climate friendly systems.

meaning heat and HVAC systems, heat pumps, eco friendly building materials, solar.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/us-greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund/

[Blue Owl]

89. His depravity is no longer shocking or surprising

The fat disgusting fuck has fully revealed what a piece of shit he is

[HarryM]

90. Letitia James will be all over this

NY State Department of Taxation and Finance.
That is simply revenge.
He cannot do business in NY
He cannot have money in any banks in NY
He doesn't want to pay the hundreds of millions he owes NY,
I can guaranty that the NY AG will be on him in a New York minute!

[ReRe]

91. I swear.

They are going to keep on till there isn't an institution left that helps The People.

[Passages]

93. Jackass sleazeball.