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A Former Wall Street Banker Led the Fight to Bring Down the U.S. Mask Mandate
- Leslie Manookian’s suit led a judge to toss the requirement
- She left finance in 2003 and became an anti-vaccine activist
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Most Americans have never heard of Leslie Manookian, but the former banker is the reason why they no longer have to wear a mask on a plane.
Manookian, 58, who worked for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in the 1990s and later Alliance Capital Management, was behind the lawsuit that last week led a federal judge in Tampa, Florida, to strike down the mask mandate for public transportation. The judge said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lacked the authority to impose it.