New court filing reveals coordinated smear campaign in wake of illegal termination
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a revelatory new development in her unlawful termination lawsuit against the Trump administration, former FEMA Chief Financial Officer Mary Comans filed proposed findings of fact today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The proposed findings present facts that prove officials at the Department of Homeland Security and Elon Musk, in his role of senior advisor to Trump and head of DOGE, made knowingly false public statements to justify Comans’ termination in February 2025.
Comans, who served in the federal government for over 20 years with a spotless performance record, was abruptly fired without cause after Musk publicly targeted FEMA disaster fund spending. The evidence in the filing demonstrates that the funds Comans was publicly accused of mishandling were, in fact, dispersed as approved by DHS leadership in internal communications.
On Jan. 30, 2025, the DHS general counsel sent an e-mail to FEMA’s Chief Counsel stating that, “[m]oney for state/locals should keep flowing to state and local governments.” After that direct guidance was issued by DHS, three payments were approved by FEMA’s Grant Programs Directorate. None of the payments required Comans’s review or approval.
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