Dept. of Justice: AG Kaul announces Trump administration’s abandonment of VOCA grant conditions following coalition lawsuit

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul announced that, following the lawsuit that Wisconsin and a coalition of states filed challenging conditions the Trump administration had sought to impose on Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grants, the administration has lifted the unlawful conditions. The lawsuit, filed Aug. 18, is the first of two multistate lawsuits Kaul has joined to challenge co...