California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 10 attorneys general in issuing a joint statement condemning President Trump’s baseless and unprecedented attacks on nonprofits’ freedom of speech. In a September 25, 2025, memorandum, President Trump directed the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate and potentially prosecute organizations and entities, including nonprofits and charities, that support or fund causes and activities that the Trump Administration disagrees with, under the guise of fighting “political violence.” This includes, among other things, a threat to investigate “institutional and individual funders, and officers and employees of organizations, that are responsible for, sponsor, or otherwise aid and abet” causes, policies, or ideas that Trump opposes. Perversely, President Trump claims without justification that the organizations he targets in the memo are engaged in activities that are “designed to suppress lawful political activity or obstruct the rule of law,” when in fact the clear intent of his memo is to quell nonprofits’ freedom of speech and freedom of association that the First Amendment protects.