Just updating the thread with the latest news .
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/usa-fencing-chair-replaced-former-head-cites-lawsuits-decision-no-seek-re-election
USA Fencing head replaced, former chair cites 'lawsuits' in decision to not seek re-election
Jackson Thompson 27 oct 2025
“USA Fencing has a new chair after former chair Damien Lehfeldt announced he would not seek re-election over the weekend.”
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“In Lehfeldt's announcement that he would not seek re-election, he cited "lawsuits" and "death threats" as a reason for his decision. Lehfeldt has been at the center of controversy for USA Fencing dating back to April when women's fencer Stephanie Turner went viral for kneeling in protest of a transgender fencer, and was disqualified. “
The lawsuits being related to the below.
“Ahead of the May 7 congressional hearing, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee hearing on transgender athletes, Lehfeldt made a series of posts on his Instagram Stories that were later blown up and used against him on the committee floor. In one post, which went viral before the hearing, he responded to a question that asked whether he was "okay" with putting female fencers at a disadvantage with a simple, brash answer: "Yeah."
During the hearing, Lehfeldt admitted multiple times that he regretted answering that way and the question required a "more-nuanced" response.
At one point during the hearing, Lefheldt confessed to falsifying an email from a fictitious fencing mother, "Dorothy," who disagreed with him, and compared those with similar views to a Ku Klux Klan "grand wizard."
"It was a poor attempt at humor," Lehfeldt said. “
There is much more in the article.