A federal judge recently put an end to a rather unusual lawsuit from a New York woman, Feifei Gu, who argued that a minor charge for damaging a security camera was actually tied to a major conspiracy involving big names like President Donald Trump and New York’s Attorney General Letitia James.
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan officially dismissed Gu’s case, which had sought to connect a bitter landlord-tenant spat in Brooklyn to high-level government officials.
The trouble started in early 2024 when Gu faced misdemeanor charges after a real estate agent, Hang Chen, accused her of breaking a surveillance camera with a stick in her apartment building.
Gu stands by her claim of innocence, opting to escalate things by filing a complaint in Washington, D.C. in February 2025 against 23 different defendants, including not only President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi, but also chanting the entire Department of Justice into the mix.
In her filing, Gu stated that the vandalism charge was unjust and not genuine, claiming it stemmed from a conspiracy between the real estate agent and local governmental figures. She sought intervention from the court, demanding an investigation of James, an end to federal funding for New York State, and the impeachment of several judges.
However, Judge Sooknanan was having none of it. In her court opinion, she pointed out that the major events relevant to the case occurred in New York, which meant that a court in D.C. simply had no jurisdiction over the case.
Highlighting the disconnect, Sooknanan asserted, “None of the relevant occurrences in this case happened in the District of Columbia.”
As for the issue of federal defendants, the judge explained that the court lacked authority to grant Gu’s demands for specific investigations or initiate impeachment procedures against other judges—actions that are means reserved solely for the U.S. House of Representatives.
As a final note on her ruling, Judge Sooknanan cited established legal precedents that underline courts don’t meddle in matters of impeachment. She also disproved Gu’s bid for a default judgment against New York’s Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson, stating that all defendants had indeed answered within the required timeframe.
In conclusion, this unusual saga highlights the complexities of legal actions as they intersect with personal disputes and broad political claims.
