NEW: A FEMA official fired after Elon Musk claimed (falsely, according to the govt.'s own court filings) that she'd taken disaster funds to pay for "luxury hotels" for migrants has sued the Trump administration for defamation & wrongful termination. www.wusa9.com/article/news... - ThreadSky

jordanonrecord.bsky.social • 1 day ago

NEW: A FEMA official fired after Elon Musk claimed (falsely, according to the govt.'s own court filings) that she'd taken disaster funds to pay for "luxury hotels" for migrants has sued the Trump administration for defamation & wrongful termination. https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/politics/federal-fallout/fema-official-fired-after-elon-musk-post-sues-trump-administration-for-defamation-unlawful-termination-mary-comans-new-york-city/65-9499b443-326f-42f6-846d-fc6c6252c58a

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adamfweber.bsky.social•1 day ago

I hope she wins a boatload of money. People and their lies need to be held accountable.

gulogulo77.bsky.social•1 day ago

Make Musk pay since he isn't a real department.

clmuv4ard.bsky.social•1 day ago

When you wake up one morning and the bad news about the trump and company.
Because of tonight, you will know why.

votenanocratic.bsky.social•1 day ago

Musk has no official government role at this time. He should be personally liable with no government immunity.

reidangela.bsky.social•1 day ago

These lawsuits alone are going to bankrupt the US

irishwol.bsky.social•1 day ago

Good luck. Given Musk's track record on having flesh eating lawyers get him off slam dunk defamation charges, I hope she has better luck and deep pockets

jellyfrog23.bsky.social•1 day ago

Elon Musk needs to be sued personally and often.

le-desert-ratta.bsky.social•1 day ago

GOOD! Don’t know how far they’ll get but damn, good on her.

megadeau.bsky.social•1 day ago

Drag their fucking asses.

granitejet.bsky.social•1 day ago

This supposed "luxury hotel" in New York is the Roosevelt, which any New Yorker (or anyone with a decent knowledge of the city) knows is long-dilapidated and currently used as a holding center. The rooms cost NY roughly $150 a night, hardly a luxury rate in Manhattan.

granitejet.bsky.social•1 day ago

For the record, I am the latter, just a city-slicker nerd who tends to know these things.
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/inside-nycs-midtown-migrant-welcome-center/

brooklynwatch.bsky.social•1 day ago

My spouse's cousin worked there 50 years ago.
It wasn't even "luxury" then.

noreligion4me.bsky.social•1 day ago

fromsouthchicago.bsky.social•1 day ago

Musk made the mistake that arrogant SoB's like him often make. Instead of slandering (or libeling) a class of people, he slandered an individual and he clearly did it in a way that showed malice. Musk-rat will pay a high price.