Republicans once supported “green banks.” Trump aims to end them.

Lee Zeldin , the head of the Environmental Protection Agency , announced last week that he had uncovered evidence of a massive fraud perpetrated by the Biden administration.

The $20 billion he is trying to recover is money that Congress passed in 2022 for a program known as the “Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund” The program was designed to distribute billions of dollars to nonprofit lenders, who would then become banks for clean energy projects.

Right-wing media organization Project Veritas posted a hidden-camera video of Efron talking about his work to dole out funding.

Republicans in Congress had already taken aim at the green bank program.

The Biden administration parked most of the money at Citi before Trump took office.

Citi may return the money to EPA rather than risk a public spat with Trump .