| NY Federal
Reserve Fired Ex FBI Agent Sama Escorted
Him Out at 69 Now Cites Preemption
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 9 – Robert N. Sama, 69,
was terminated by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York on
February 19, 2020. He had
worked there since 2007.
He filed a
lawsuit in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York on
December 10, 2020 - Inner City
Press is reporting it that
same day.
From the
complaint we learn that "each
FRS Bank maintains an on-site
law enforcement commad called
a Law Enforcement Unit."
Sama was
Vice President of the FRBNY's
LEU. He had previously been
with the FBI for 29
years.
After Sama's
"escorted ejection," his job
was given to LEU Captain
Ronald Porter, who was "jumped
three level" to handle Sama's
LEU responsibilities. Here
is Sama in a Fed report, as
Vice President, Federal
Reserve Law Enforcement. Law,
indeed.
His complaint has
been assigned to SDNY
Judge Valerie E. Caproni, and
Magistrate Stewart D. Aaron.
Now on February
9, the FRBNY has filed an
answer via an outside law
firm, arguing among other
things that the SDNY "lacks
subject matter jurisdiction,"
that Sama "failed to mitigate
his alleged damages" and that
State and City claims are
"preempted by federal law."
Similarly,
the Federal Reserve says that
the FRBNY and other Reserve
Banks are not subject to FOIA.
Why then can they approve bank
mergers? Inner City Press has
a FOIA request pending.
The case is Sama
v. Federal Reserve Bank of New
York, 20-cv-10450 (Caproni)
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