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Here it is: McCabe to sue Trump admin. for defamation, wrongful termination (Original Post) triron Apr 2018 OP
Good Me. Apr 2018 #1
Good! Let them chew at each other and draw blood as we head for Hortensis Apr 2018 #2
As he should. Can you imagine working 25+ years at one organization to have them iluvtennis Apr 2018 #3
And Trump's only excuse is that McCabe's wife is a Democrat. meadowlander Apr 2018 #11
Good for him. ERISA laws specifically prohibit firing someone to prevent pension $ flibbitygiblets Apr 2018 #4
This article may help: spooky3 Apr 2018 #6
Extremely helpful--thank you Spooky! flibbitygiblets Apr 2018 #10
Yes, but I am not sure whether 510 applies to spooky3 Apr 2018 #14
I am proud to say that I donated to his legal fund padfun Apr 2018 #5
Let the gop congress eat it all. They created this mess. lindysalsagal Apr 2018 #7
Maybe the most sued man in history House of Roberts Apr 2018 #8
3500 lawsuits! panader0 Apr 2018 #13
McCabe is suing, Stormy is suing, the DNC is suing and even BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #9
McCabe's lawyers get to do discovery... tinrobot Apr 2018 #12
Good Luck, McCabe! Cha Apr 2018 #15

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
2. Good! Let them chew at each other and draw blood as we head for
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 02:55 PM
Apr 2018

the midterms. And see what the discovery phase might turn up! Trump can't be trusted to make a move without blabbing and otherwise hurting himself, much less his party.

Interestingly, although Trump keeps calling government people whom he's cast as enemies Democratic "deep state" conspirators, I've read they're all Republicans. McCabe's just among the latest.

iluvtennis

(19,862 posts)
3. As he should. Can you imagine working 25+ years at one organization to have them
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 04:14 PM
Apr 2018

pull the rug from under your feet 2 minutes before your retirement kicks in. That was some CRUEL shit that Trump did. And I can't wait for"Karma is a Bitch" to be applied to Trump.

meadowlander

(4,397 posts)
11. And Trump's only excuse is that McCabe's wife is a Democrat.
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 05:31 PM
Apr 2018

How lame is that?

And the Comey memos show Trump is obsessed with it.

What CEO who has ever run an actual business with more than 10 employees picks out a middle manager, complains repeatedly to that person's supervisor and in public to the press that the middle manager can't be trusted because of something his wife did, and then fires the middle manager for no cause after gloating about the fact that he can stiff him out of his pension at the last second.

I hope McCabe takes him to the cleaners.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
4. Good for him. ERISA laws specifically prohibit firing someone to prevent pension $
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 04:21 PM
Apr 2018

Or so I've heard on here somewhere. And trump (once again) is on the record via Twitter taunting McCabe about his retirement pension. Another judge already used such tweets against trump (in DACA case), saying it showed his intent.

I hope McCabe eats his lunch. And I hope trump is forced to pay out of his own goddamn pockets NOT OURS.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
10. Extremely helpful--thank you Spooky!
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 05:26 PM
Apr 2018

Trump specifically taunted McCabe about the possibility of not getting his benefits months ago. That pretty much proves the case for appeal, as that last sentence below shows:

ERISA Section 510, however, protects employees from being discharged if the reason is to deprive them of the right to a benefit under an ERISA-governed retirement or welfare plan.

An employer that fires an employee shortly before she or he vests in a pension or retiree health benefit "may find that they will need to show how their actions were not for the purpose of interfering with the attainment of a benefit right".

Lawsuits under ERISA Section 510 "can be brought straight to federal court and can leave the employer on the hook for money damages to the employee as well as payment of the employee's attorney's fees," said Arlington, Va.-based Tom Spiggle, founder of The Spiggle Law Firm, which represents employees. "To win such a lawsuit, the employee need only show that the firing or discriminatory action was motivated in part by an effort on the part of the employer to avoid paying a benefit."

padfun

(1,786 posts)
5. I am proud to say that I donated to his legal fund
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 04:26 PM
Apr 2018

on the gofundme page. He got lots more than they were asking so I hope they use it in several lawsuits

BigmanPigman

(51,608 posts)
9. McCabe is suing, Stormy is suing, the DNC is suing and even
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 05:24 PM
Apr 2018

Sandy Hook parents are suing Alex Jones. There are a lot of busy lawyers around these days. I guess that the most litigious fake Prez in our history will be getting a taste of his own medicine, or at least his GOP pals will.

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