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The Department of Justice has established a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which will leverage the False Claims Act to investigate and pursue claims against recipients of federal funds who “knowingly violate civil rights laws.”
By Danielle Conley, Terra Reynolds, Anne W. Robinson, Jude Volek, and Savannah Burgoyne
In a memorandum dated May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the establishment of a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative (the Initiative) at the Department of…