Allison Gill - I'm Suing Todd Blanche and the DOJ to stop the $1.8B Slush Fund
As you may have heard, I believe I’m eligible to file a claim against the slush fund for weaponization and lawfare that occurred when the Trump administration investigated my podcast Mueller She Wrote in 2019, then removed me from my job after over a decade of service with the department of veterans affairs.
The establishment of this slush fund constitutes a rule under the administrative procedure act, and when the government creates a rule they have to give notice in the federal register so we the people have an opportunity to comment. The government didn’t do that here, so I’m asking the court to set aside the fund until they follow the law and provide the requisite notice and comment period.
According to the APA, Title 5 U.S. Code § 553(b) and (c), General notice of proposed rule making shall be published in the Federal Register, unless persons subject thereto are named and either personally served or otherwise have actual notice thereof in accordance with law. After notice required by this section, the agency shall give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making through submission of written data, views, or arguments with or without opportunity for oral presentation.
Had the government followed the law, I would have submitted comments raising a number of issues about the proposal to create the fund. First, it is important that the fund be equitable and therefore open to everyone who has suffered from abuse of governmental authority. I have an interest in providing comment on whether the fund is available to those harmed by Trump administration abuses like the ones I experienced.
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