Overview
- The civil complaint was filed on Feb. 26 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, opening a case with no court decision yet.
- It challenges sanctions imposed over Albanese’s positions on the Gaza conflict and her support for pursuing legal accountability of Israeli leaders and companies.
- The suit names President Donald Trump and senior officials and seeks a declaration that the measures and related asset seizures are unconstitutional under the First, Fourth and Fifth Amendments.
- Because UN rules prevent her from filing directly, the plaintiffs are her husband, Massimiliano Cali, and their son.
- The complaint cites loss of access to bank accounts, severed ties with universities, inability to travel to the United States, and loss of access to a Washington apartment, and it landed as France decided not to seek her resignation.