Judge rules Elon Musk, Kristi Noem spread false info to fire FEMA official

[u/CapitalCourse]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/10/14/fema-fired-mary-comans-false-info-elon-musk-kristi-noem/92247275007/

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[u/Solonohioperson]

Yes, we know. Punish them legally!

[u/tripping_on_phonics → u/Solonohioperson]

You must be new here. Laws in this country are only intended for the working class.

[u/IAmInTheBasement → u/tripping_on_phonics]

Certainly not applicable to the Epstein class.

[u/New_Ad3443 → u/tripping_on_phonics]

More or less. 

[u/roman00000 → u/Solonohioperson]

“Lies Travels Fast But The Truth Grows Roots” Samatha Sloya as Margaret White in Carrie 2026 TV Series.

[u/SmanginSouza]

Let me guess. Strongly worded letter is the punishment?

[u/DontHitTurtles → u/SmanginSouza]

The fired official can now sue for libel and has plenty of evidence to support it as well as proof of damages. Also she can likely prove malice and get punitive damages which could be a large number in this case given who the defendant would be and the reach of the harm he has caused.

[u/Righteousrob1 → u/DontHitTurtles]

Who would foot that bill? Tax payers?

[u/forgot_my_useragain → u/SmanginSouza]

They have to write an essay

[u/runthepoint1 → u/SmanginSouza]

How about strongly lettered words? Maybe an acronym that could define it?

[u/nasorrty346tfrgser]

Judge: This is bad, dont do it again, please.

And no consequences

[u/AlexRyang]

Pretends to be shocked.

[u/Traditional_Self_846]

Imagine getting fired based on lies, then having a judge confirm the people who spread them knew they were false. That’s a whole new level of corruption. 🤦

[u/thethrill_707]

So as a Trump cabinet official- does he just tell them to do whatever they want and everything will work out?

I know he does, but this close to the midterms seems to be brimming with story after story of ALL OF THEM being crooked in one way or the other. It seems that he should be telling them to chill-the-fuck out and act normal for the next couple of weeks.

But, he's stupid and the ultimate self server so NM.

[u/runthepoint1 → u/thethrill_707]

Yes of course! If your underlings can act as buffer targets on the way up the chain then of course.

[u/Complete_Pattern6635 → u/thethrill_707]

Yeah, they love doing that.

[u/jkbuilder88]

We know. Among so many other things. Now fucking do something about it.

[u/diveboydive]

When are these fuckers going to jail?

[u/KeepCalmCarryOnKY]

Cool, what comes next?

[u/84FSP]

And what consequences for them will Scotus not overturn?

[u/PositivelyAwful]

"Spreading false info"... You mean lying?

[u/Captain_Aware4503]

Normally this is a crime. But not in the Trump administration.

[u/runthepoint1 → u/Captain_Aware4503]

No it’s still a crime

[u/Mr-A-1991 → u/runthepoint1]

You are talking to a bot, dude.

[u/runthepoint1 → u/Mr-A-1991]

No, YOU’RE talking to a bot

[u/Mr-A-1991 → u/runthepoint1]

No, YOU are talking to a bot!

Wait a second...fuck.

[u/Scarlet_Ripple92]

Pardon incoming, pending how Elon helps in the election

[u/Unfair-Alfalfa4916]

this is musk sextillion transgressions in a row, is it time for consequences yet?

[u/mymar101]

And nothing will be done to either of them.

[u/Complete_Pattern6635]

59 million? Unfortunately she wasted 220 million of taxpayers money on ads for herself. But I digress, quite often the truth is worse than fiction.

[u/Captain-Nodnarb]

Oh cool. Judge will ask, politely, for him to not do it again.

[u/roman00000]

“Lies Travels Fast But The Truth Grows Roots” Samatha Sloya as Margaret White in Carrie 2026 TV Series.

[u/smitherenesar]

Big Fat Lying Liars Lie Bigly

[u/thefullhalf]

Good for the judge, I'm sure it was very cathartic to throw a ruling in the filing cabinet labelled: Zero Consequences.