A coalition of attorneys general across 15 states is suing the Trump administration over declaring a “national emergency” on the first day of Donald Trump‘s presidency.

On January 20, President Trump declared a “national energy emergency” via executive order, over what he claimed to be “our Nation’s inadequate energy supply.”

The attorneys general from Washington and California say this is not true, and that US energy production is actually at “an all time high.”

“Washington state filed suit today alongside 14 other states to challenge the president’s fake “energy emergency,” declared to line the pockets of Big Oil by handing out free passes to pollute our environment,” said Washington Attorney General Nick Brown on May 9.

Trump administration accused of declaring ‘fake’ emergency by 15 states

The president has been accused of creating a “fake” energy emergency in order to “line the pockets of Big Oil,” according to 15 states.

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-fake-energy-emergency-15-states-2070864