US fence representatives sue the Council after dispute by Transgender athletes

Exclusive: Two members of the US Directors Council sue the other six members, claiming that the chairman Demien Lehfeldt False statements at the Congress of the Congress of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the court hearing at transgenders.

A lawsuit that seeks to remove Lechfeld as US fences Two membership members were submitted by the chairman on behalf of the American fencing.

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Res. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) (L) and representative of Marzhor Taylor Green (R-GA) tell about a screenshot, which is under the US Fencing Council Demien Lefeld during hearings in “unfair game: the content The “unfair game”, which deals with men engaged in the Department of Efficiency of the Government (DOGE) of the defendant, which may be in the 7th. 2025, in Washington, District Columbia (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

The plaintiffs, Andrei Gva and Abdel Salem, each of them has long been connected with sports and organization.

GEVA is a former US national coach headed by the US Women’s team at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics before he was elected to the Council in 2024. Abdel competed for Egypt in some events, and team events at the 1984 Summer Olympics, a former US military coach, and in 1996 was named coach of the US Olympic Committee.

They are now taking the organization after claiming that Lefhald has falsely announced the resignation of the gew from the council at a session on June 7 and for several charges related to May 7.

The hearing was caused in response to a viral incident when Stephanie Turner’s female fence protested against the enemy transgender and later executed. Lefeld was a lone figure that testified on behalf of the organization.

The lawsuit states that Lechfeld has expressed “false and misleading”, which now risk that the organization is declassified as a national governing body (NGB).

“The disobedient behavior of the defendant Lechfeld in bad faith and false and deceptive statements at the Congress on May 7 (2025) pushed Congress to consider the USFA depression as NGB, which is a potentially risking US team in 2028.

“His lie alleged thousands of members in the fencing community, which provided more than 90% of USFA revenues.”

Geva claims he also tried to speak at the hearing, but claims that he had encountered “threats” aimed at “remission” him from him. On May 2, Gva ultimately introduced a letter to Senator Ted Cruz, the staff of the motor, expressing “the opinion of biological men in front of women in the fence”. Cruz’s cab has recently opened an investigation into the US fence in connection with the transgender’s right after Turner’s incident.

Then this letter referred to the hearing Doge chairman of the subcommittee of Marzhor Taylor-Grin.

“” Transgender women’s fences have significant competitions in women’s competitions, “he writes,” Green said during the hearings, reading from a letter of the gews.

The lawsuit claimed that Geva was informed by a member of the Council, accusing him of honest personal opinion, and then two members of the board called for a “special meeting of the Council aimed at removing or otherwise discipling the GOV plaintiff.”

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The American fence recognized the lawsuit in a statement on Digital Fox News.

“US fences proudly serve its members – athletes, coaches, arbitrators and clubs – throughout our community with absolute transparency and integrity. This lawsuit is incorrectly represented by our organization, and we will vigorously defend the organization in court; any attempt to start them properly,” the statement said.

“As the lawsuits continue, we cannot discuss the details. Our attention remains unwavering: promoting the fence across the country, supporting the success of each member and supporting the values ​​of the Olympic and Paralympic movement.”

The organization is under great national control after Turner protesting on April 2.

Leffe’s testimonies at the hearing on May 7 only strengthened criticism.

Lechfeld, who was in court and did not voluntarily, made the disputes before hearing with the Instagram Stories series, which was later blown up and used against it on the committee’s floor. In one message that became viral before hearing, he answered the question in which he was asked whether “good”, putting women’s fences in a disadvantaged position with a simple, brazen answer: “Yes.”

Then, during the hearings, Lechfeld admitted several times, which he regrets, that he answered in this way, and admitted that the question requires a “more flexible” answer.

At one point, during the hearings, Leffed confessed to the fictitious mother’s rigging on the fictitious mother on the fencing of “Dorothy”, which disagreed with him and called these members with a similar view of “Dorothy” “Great Wizard” Kuke Class.

“It was a bad attempt at humor,” Lechfeld said.

Reverend Representative Tim BerchSet, Resp. Lehfeldt suggested that he would allow him to boast his organization’s precautions.

“As long as the competitor meets all the hormonal requirements and fulfills the policy, I would be in order,” Lechfeld said.

Later, in the hearing, representative of Nancy Meissa, Rs.c., suggested that Lechfeld was “no” a man on the politics of his organization.

“Real men protect women, you are not alone,” said Meissa.

Macy even asked Lechfeld to simply apologize to Turner for the punishment of the fencer, to which the chair refused and noted that Turner received a black card for refusal.

Turner said Fox News Digital after feeling DOGE that she would work to lobby for the US leadership after retreat from sports.

“I am going to push people to resign, to be honest. I would like some people to resign for the comments they expressed, especially publicly, those who persecute and refer to the humiliation of interested women, mothers and daughters,” Turner said.

Now two members of the board of directors have joined this reason.

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Against the background of constant control, the US Fencing Council voted in favor of making changes to its current policy that prioritized states With a decent LGBTQ laws for the hosts for competitions and politics, which may have prevented the game of the national anthem at some events at its meeting on June 7.

The previous policy has become one of the largest critical points of the organization after Turner’s viral protest.

US fencing refused to explain the motivation behind the changes.

“It would be inappropriate for employees to reflect on the personal motives of US directors’ voluntary councils,” Fox News said.

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