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Trump foe leads blue state charge against 'sham deal' cut with foreign company
- Nine Democratic-led states filed a federal lawsuit challenging the DOJ's $928 million payout to TotalEnergies to quit an offshore wind lease.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James leads the suit, joined by Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont.
- The suit argues the DOJ used the Judgment Fund to pay TotalEnergies even though the company had not sued the United States.
- The states accuse the deal of bypassing required hearings and review under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
- TotalEnergies pledged the payout would be redirected to U.S. oil and gas infrastructure.
- The suit claims the deal could undermine offshore wind development in the United States.
- The DOJ did not comment on the lawsuit.
- The case references a March agreement paying $928 million to surrender the Attentive Energy wind lease 54 miles off Jones Beach.
- Opponents describe the payout as diverting taxpayer funds away from offshore wind goals.
- The suit lists multiple states and the New York AG as plaintiffs challenging the payout.
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