Almost two weeks before Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs announced the state would join a multi-state lawsuit opposing new restrictions on mail-in voting, Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown joined another lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration.
On August 13, Brown announced Washington would be opposing the administration’s demand that states release information about licensed drivers.
The Trump administration has threatened to terminate more than $10 million in federal funding to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) if the states refuse this illegal order.
Brown joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general and the state of Pennsylvania filing two lawsuits earlier this month against the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, as well as the Department of Homeland Security.
The lawsuit alleges that the government violated the Administrative Procedures Act by requesting the information without a clear needf.
“When Washingtonians provide information to our state, they rightfully expect it will be kept confidential and secure, and used for the reasons the government told them,” Brown said in a statement. “The federal government is violating privacy laws to serve a political agenda.”
Joining Brown in filing these lawsuits are attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin, as well as the state of Pennsylvania.
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