WASHINGTON – Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin said Thursday he has given a $2 billion grant to a group related to Georgia's governor's two-time Democratic candidate, Stacey Abrams.
“I have completed a $2 billion Biden EPA grant to this Stacey Abrams-linked NGO,” said former Long Island Congressman. Tweet.
“The DOJ/FBI is under investigation and the money is frozen. It's insane for Biden administrators to give $20 billion to an organization that previously only received $100!”
Zeldin was in response to the Truth Social Post on Thursday morning. President Trump has made Abrams the face of his efforts to recapture Biden-era environmental and social justice funds as part of Elon Musk's government efficiency and cost-cutting initiative.
Trump I wrote it: “”[I]S Stacey Abrams is about to return the $200 million that she poured into her “Environmental Fund” just before my assumption office. Did she go from $100 to $2,000,000 in just one day? Not bad!!! Get your money back. ”
A large grant was awarded to the Power Forward Community in April 2024 from the environmental spending under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
The laws Republicans did not vote for included $369 billion for green energy projects, including the $27 billion Greenhouse Efficiency Reduction Fund (GGRF), which aims to improve energy efficiency in low-income communities.
Last April, the Biden administration Awarded $20 billion GGRF grants eight organizations, including grants to the Power Forward community, and is itself a coalition of five organizations, including Habitat for Humanity and United Way.
Abrams advised efforts to work to rewire America, one of five groups in the power forward community, and secure grants.
Democrats' compensation from America's rewiring focused on improving the energy of the home is unknown, and Abrams says he left the group late last year before the EPA fund was distributed.
an IRS filing From November 2024, Rewiring America said it reported $621,000 in 2023 and $268,000 in cost.
The $2 billion award has not been distributed.
USASPENDING.GOV lists dispensed funds Augustbut the Atlanta Journal Constitution It has been reported The funds were supported by Citibank last week, following instructions from the EPA and the Ministry of Finance.
This issue is expected to be resolved in court.
