Basengezi v. Gacki

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARCELLIN MUKOLO BASENGEZI, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 23-1249 (JEB) BRADLEY T. SMITH, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION The United States believes that Plaintiff Marcellin Mukolo Basengezi was involved in efforts to undermine the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s national elections. Defendant Office of Foreign Assets Control thus placed him on its Special Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List in 2019. Displeased with that designation, Plaintiff filed a delisting petition two years later, asking to be removed. He…