DOJ Forum Shops Harassment Campaign Against Trans Kids And Their Doctors - Above the Law

"Last week, the ballroom plaintiffs suggested that a federal judge should consider Rule 11 sanctions for the top three lawyers at the Trump Justice Department. After publicly demanding that the National Trust for Historic Preservation withdraw its opposition to Trump's Mar-a-Lago replica, the DOJ submitted a filing so packed with falsehoods that the Trust's attorney Greg Craig (himself a former White House Counsel) suggested that some sort of consequence might be in order."

"This is not a one-off. More than a year ago, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign lied to Chief Judge James Boasberg's face about the flights taking off from Texas to CECOT in El Salvador. And since Acting AG Todd Blanche took over for the ousted Pam Bondi, the pace of these false representations seems to be picking up."

"In the past two weeks alone, Blanche got caught telling lies about the Southern Poverty Law Center's previous cooperation with law enforcement in the "fraud" case against the storied civil rights organization; and a federal judge in Rhode Island referred the chief of the Civil Division at the US Attorney's Office, Roger Bolan, for a misconduct investigation due to lack of candor to the court."

"And now the Civil Division at Main Justice seems to be lying about both the facts and the law in an effort to invade the medical privacy of thousands of trans kids. In so doing, they've kicked off a cross-country battle that's already raging in three separate courts. When every other court says no, try Texas"

Federal court filings and statements from the Trump Justice Department have been alleged to contain falsehoods, leading to calls for Rule 11 sanctions and misconduct investigations for lack of candor. The National Trust for Historic Preservation criticized a DOJ filing as packed with falsehoods after the DOJ demanded withdrawal of the Trust’s opposition to a Mar-a-Lago replica. Prior alleged lies include claims made to a federal judge about flights from Texas to El Salvador and more recent alleged false statements involving the Southern Poverty Law Center and a misconduct referral in Rhode Island. The Civil Division is now accused of misrepresenting facts and law to obtain medical records of trans children, triggering litigation in multiple courts. In July 2025, administrative subpoenas were served on hospitals and clinics seeking records for minors prescribed puberty blockers or hormone therapy, framed as an investigation into mislabeled drugs under the FDCA.

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