AG Bob Ferguson invites Trump to Washington state for a look-see, threatens to sue him again
OLYMPIA In hopes of protecting Washingtons national monuments, Attorney General Bob Ferguson invited President Donald Trump and U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to visit the state.
But if the federal government attempts to roll back those federally protected lands, Ferguson said, hell sue the administration once again.
Ferguson, who has already sued over the presidents travel ban, is playing both good-cop and bad-cop against Trumps recent action reviewing national-monument designations.
Trump in late April signed an executive order directing a review of lands recently designated under the U.S. Antiquities Act.
In a letter Thursday to Zinke, Ferguson argued that the Antiquities Act is the cornerstone of American conservation and that Trump and Zinke dont have the legal authority to roll back a national-monument.
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