Attorney General Bondi Warns Minnesota, Maine and California To Follow Transgender Orders

WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX)– Attorney General Pam Bondi is warning California, Maine and Minnesota to comply with the federal antidiscrimination laws that require them to keep boys out of women’s sports or face legal action, Fox News has learned.

Bondi sent letters to attorneys general in California, Maine and Minnesota Tuesday, first obtained by Fox News.

“This Department of Justice will hold accountable states and state entities that violate federal law,” Bondi wrote. “Indeed, we have already begun to do so.”

Bondi was referring to the Justice Department’s move to sue Illinois and New York earlier in February for defying federal immigration laws.

“We also stand ready to sue states and state entities that defy federal antidiscrimination laws,” Bondi wrote.

President Donald Trump recently directed the DOJ and the Education Department to prioritize enforcement actions against athletic associations that deny girls an equal opportunity to participate in sports and athletic events by requiring them to compete against boys.

Bondi said, though, state athletic associations, including in California, Maine and Minnesota, “have issued defiant statements saying that they would continue requiring girls to compete against boys in sports and athletic events.”

In Minnesota, Bondi said Attorney General Keith Ellison “issued a legal opinion asserting that the Minnesota State High School League would be violating state law unless it continues this demeaning, unfair, and dangerous practice.”

Bondi said the Justice Department “only wants states and state entities to comply with the law.”