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Blinken Is Sued For Discriminating against
Staff in Germany but Shifts It from SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 15 – Antony
Blinken, the US Secretary of
State, has been sued for
discriminating against his
locally employed staff in
Germany.
The case,
filed in the U.S District
Court for the Southern
District of New York which
Inner City Press covers daily
since being ousted from the UN
for uncovering corruption
there, cites the Allegemeines
Gleichbehandlungsgesetz,
AGG, Germany's federal labor
law, and says Blinken also
"illegal discriminated against
U.S. citizens in violation of
the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967
(ADEA).
On August
29, Inner City Press called in
to the US State Department
briefing, at which in 2019 and
2020 it got answers, to ask
questions.
But Deputy
Spokesman Vendant Patel did
not take Inner City Press'
questions, while taking three
questions from (Blinken's)
Voice of America.
Blinken is
trying to get the case
transferred to the District
for the District of Columbia -
which Inner City Press also
covers.
On September 5,
the US State Department's
filing with the Court stated,
"The Government would like to
raise the issue of venue."
The plaintiff on
September 6 wrote to Judge
Schofield that she has family
residing near the SDNY, and
has established positive
contact with the SDNY's NYLAG
program. She questions what
prejudice SDNY venue would
inflict on the State
Department and Blinken - who
is heading to the UN General
Assembly in New York this
morning, from which most
independent Press is banned.
On September 14
the plaintiff called in from
Germany and the lawyer for
Blinken and the State
Department pursued the venue
argument. On September 15:
"venue is improper in the
Southern District of New York.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406,
the case is TRANSFERRED to the
United States District Court
for the District of Columbia.
The Clerk of Court is
respectfully directed to close
this matter and transfer the
case to the District of the
District of Columbia."
The SDNY
case was Ohlund v. Blinken,
22-cv-1005 (Schofield)
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