Connecticut Attorney General William Tong launched an anti-trust inquiry into the WNBA on Thursday over the potential sale of the Connecticut Sun women's basketball team.

"I'm concerned about reports in the press that the WNBA may be wrongfully blocking the sale of the Connecticut Sun that would keep the team here in Connecticut," he told reports.

Tong is asking the league for internal documents, including the membership agreement between the Sun and the WNBA. He also wants copies of any valuations, expressions of interest or offers the league has received for the team.

"I am also concerned about press reports that, in lieu of a sale of the Team to a Connecticut-based buyer, the WNBA is demanding that the Team be sold to the League itself at a price tens of millions of dollars below market value, which could then be sold later to an owner approved to move the Team to a city that is part of the League’s plan of expansion," Tong said in a letter to WNBA commissioner Cathy Englebert.

The Sun has been owned by the Mohegans since 2003. The tribe has competing offers to keep the team in Connecticut or move to Boston but the WNBA has cast doubt on both deals – preferring to relocate the team to a city like Houston that applied for an expansion team, which could net the league much higher fees.

On Wednesday, Gov. Ned Lamont confirmed that the state is seeking to purchase a minority share of the Sun using pension funds.

Lamont said he believes the team is a smart investment.

“Ask Mohegan Sun whether it was a good investment they made 20 years ago,” he said.

But Republican leaders blasted the idea.

"Instead of demanding transparency from the WNBA about the Connecticut Sun sale, [Tong] should be scrutinizing the Governor's plan to use state employee pension funds to make Connecticut part owner of the franchise," Connecticut House GOP leader Vin Candelora (R-North Branford) said in a statement. "That's what residents actually care about—the risk to state finances, workers, and taxpayers. AG Tong has steered clear of corruption within state government, yet he's meddling in the private business dealings of a professional sports league? If he's determined to weigh in on the Sun, the Attorney General should apply the same energy he's used attacking President Trump's every decision to demand and share with the public all of the details about this proposal—information beyond the Governor's media soundbites—to make to make sure it isn't a costly boondoggle."