DOJ Walks Back Key Evidence In Defense of Trump's Portland Deployment

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

"We stated in our supplemental brief that it is undisputed that nearly a quarter of the agency's entire FPS capacity had to be redirected over a relatively short period to a single location in one medium-sized American city due to the unrest there,'" Bernie wrote. "This statement was incorrect."

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The number of FPS officials allegedly sent to Portland was a key piece that a Ninth Circuit panel relied on in determining last week that Trump had the authority to federalize and deploy Guard troops to the city.

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... "We stated in our supplemental brief that it is undisputed that nearly a quarter of the agency's entire FPS capacity had to be redirected over a relatively short period to a single location in one medium-sized American city due to the unrest there,'" Bernie wrote. "This statement was incorrect."

Instead, Bernie claimed that the statement was meant to refer to the percentage of FPS "inspectors" who were sent to Portland. Rather than a quarter, the amount was only around 13% of all FPS inspectors, Bernie wrote.

"We deeply regret these errors," he added. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-29 12:23 AM