Sunday, September 14, 2025

Trump's Justice Department Finally Told a Lie So Brazen It Had to Take It Back

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern: Trump's DOJ seems to have picked one lawyer to keep lying to the courts.

Posted by retort at 04:12 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink

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This is not the first time lawyers at the Justice Department have been caught lying to the judiciary, and it won't be the last. slate.trib.al/fhEv5YZ

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-- Slate (@slate.com) Sep 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM

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I thought lawyers could be barred from practicing if they knowingly lied in court or to a judge.

OCU

#1 | Posted by OCUser at 2025-09-14 04:40 PM

To these Trump Fascists, the Law is merely politics; they do whatever they think they can get away with while being Loyal to Dear Leader, and ignoring the Law.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-09-14 05:14 PM

#1

They can. It requires a complaint and time.

#3 | Posted by et_al at 2025-09-14 10:58 PM

We will "create stories so that the American media actually pays attention" if we have to!

-Shady JD

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-09-15 10:14 AM

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