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US DOJ asks court to dismiss lawsuit filed by former STB commissioner Primus

( January 28, 2026, 23:37 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: President Donald Trump's August 2025 decision to fire then-US Surface Transportation Board Commissioner Robert Primus — who subsequently filed a wrongful termination lawsuit — was not motivated by race, Department of Justice lawyers contend. "Plaintiff’s reliance on inconclusive data and atmospheric facts, even taken as true, do not demonstrate the President’s alleged discriminatory intent and are insufficient to show a violation of the Fifth Amendment... No Court has ever held that when the President exercises his conclusive and preclusive Article II authority to remove a principal officer of the United States, the Fifth Amendment empowers a court to review whether such a removal was an act of racial discrimination."See attached document....

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