Bondi Puts Two Liberal States ‘On Notice’ Over Trans Sports Policies

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday revealed that two liberal states, Minnesota and California, could be getting the Maine treatment by the Department of Justice in the near future.

Both states have continued to flout Title IX rules, allowing males into girls’ and women’s spaces and sports. The DOJ has already targeted Maine for its refusal to comply with federal law, filing a civil lawsuit against the state this week.

“I wanted to ask if there are other states that you’re focused on — which ones are next for these types of abuses, including men in women’s prisons?” Daily Wire reporter Mary Margaret Olohan asked the AG during a presser on Wednesday.

“We’re looking at Minnesota, we’re looking at California — we’re looking at many, many states, but they are the top two that should be on notice, because we have been communicating with them,” Bondi responded.

“And just like Maine … we don’t want to be suing people, we want them to comply with the law, and that’s what we’re doing. We have given [Maine] opportunity over and over again,” the AG continued. “The Department of Education, HHS, they went and sat down with them in person, multiple meetings, and got nowhere.”

“So, now, this is where we are, because they refused to protect young women in their state,” Bondi continued. “Minnesota, California, multiple states.”

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Bondi also noted that the administration is withholding funding from Maine because the state currently permits males in female correctional facilities.

“We took away funding from Maine, as well,” the AG said, noting prison policy “has nothing to do with Title IX.” “We decided to take a different direction in our grants.” 

Bondi said that Maine is allowing a “6’1, 245lb giant man” who “violently murdered his parents with a knife and the family dog” to serve out his life sentence in a female correctional facility. 

“He chose to identify as a woman,” Bondi said. “So guess where he’s being housed: in a female prison in Maine.” 

“Therefore, my office, we don’t want to give any more money to the Department of Corrections in Maine if that’s how they’re going to act,” the AG added. “We’re going in a different direction in our funding.” 

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