County Executive Candidate Sues WAMU
ROCKVILLE, Md. – While public radio station WAMU 88.5 hosted a live broadcast Montgomery County Executive candidate forum Friday, jilted Democratic candidate Mithun Banerjee was busy filing a lawsuit in the circuit court.
The case was filed against Washington Mutual, the mortgage lender known as WAMU, that collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis. The filing advances an expansive theory tying together public radio programming, mortgage securitization, housing code enforcement, and Montgomery County politics.
Banerjee’s lawsuit explains that the mortgage on one of his properties passed through a long chain of lenders over the years. Roughly seven banks ago, Washington Mutual held it. Banerjee claims that every hardship encountered since – the guilty verdicts on his 42 civil citations, the court order to cease illegal property rentals, the multiple collection suits, foreclosure actions, contempt findings, his two failed attempts to secure bankruptcy protection, and most recently his exclusion from the candidate forum – stems from WAMU.
The complaint goes further, alleging that WAMU participated in a broader conspiracy involving Montgomery County officials. Under the theory outlined in the filing:
Washington Mutual is a bank → Montgomery County has a Green Bank → Will Jawando drives a green Land Rover → Evan Glass has a dog named Rover → Andrew Friedson's new baby likes Sesame Street's Grover → Grover's ethnicity is unclear → Therefore WAMU hates immigrants and people of color.
Banerjee submitted the lawsuit using Maryland’s electronic court filing portal, which immediately flagged multiple parts of the submission as deficient filings. The case also lists “Prepay Waiver – Pending,” meaning Banerjee has asked the court to waive filing fees while the paperwork is sorted out.
“This is just the beginning, and I have infinite appeals,” Banerjee said while waiting for a WAMU ATM to come online.
Publisher’s Note (non-satirical): On March 13, 2026, deadbeat slumlord and County Executive candidate Mithun Banerjee filed a lawsuit against WAMU and several other parties. These images are from Maryland Case Search.
