Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a lawsuit this week against the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation as a part of his ongoing investigation into the organization’s use of donations, his office announced Thursday.
In a press release, Rokita’s office said this legal action — a Petition to Enforce a Civil Investigative Demand — seeks compliance with an investigative demand previously served on BLM. Rokita in February opened an investigation into BLM’s use of funds donated by Hoosiers.
The AG’s office said a 2020 report published by the BLM organization stated it raised over $90 million in 2020, while it distributed about $21.7 million to 30 local organizations and affiliated chapters, including an affiliated chapter in South Bend, Indiana. However, an IRS filing by BLM for the first half of 2020 claimed the organization had $0 in revenue, expenses and assets held by BLM for the time period, per the AG’s office.