The DoJ got busted in a court case. They (deliberately, probably) provided inaccurate information and were caught. Now the court case is back where it started. They should have known better because it was more than just a few points off. It was a lot off. Let’s see what happened, shall we? From court documents via AlterNet:
During a federal appeals court review of its earlier decision permitting President Donald Trump’s deployment of Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, the Justice Department (DOJ) admitted that it misrepresented key facts in its legal filings. Earlier, the DOJ had told the court it was “undisputed that nearly a quarter” of Federal Protective Services (FPS) had to be diverted to Portland. Now, they say it was around 13.1 percent.
Well, now. As mentioned, that’s a pretty big difference. And this is a DoJ finding? Someone dropped the ball so hard it broke (looking at you, Virginia, with the Comey case). The DoJ representation has been, shall we say, inept? For their head honcho-ette having such a big media profile and actions, everywhere we’ve seen lately has in no way lived up to Pam Blondi’s hype. (Because you knew it had to be said, gee, ya think?)
However, upon further investigation, when the court paused the deployment, the DOJ acknowledged that only 20 to 31 FPS officers were ever deployed to Portland at any given time, far fewer than the 115 initially claimed. The department expressed “deep regret” over the misrepresentation, labeling it a “material factual error“.
Deep regret, my ass! They tried to pull the wool over the appeals court’s eyes and got caught. Sorry not sorry, you idiots! We can be 99% certain that they were hoping to run that one through. Nothing like getting tackled in your *own* end goal, hmm? Who are these lawyers, anyhow?
This admission prompted the full Ninth Circuit to pause its earlier ruling, reinstating a lower court’s temporary restraining order that blocks the deployment of National Guard troops to Portland. The reversal has significant implications for the Trump administration’s authority to deploy federal troops in Portland.
Significant implications, huh. That means “hell, no, they can’t go”!!! The courts are now going to be paying a lot closer attention to anything and everything to do with this case. The DoJ has shown they can’t be trusted. Everything is going to be read over with a fine-tooth comb, you could say. That’s on them, and they did it to themselves.
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