"President Donald Trump's Department of Justice keeps lying brazenly to judges, and more often than not, it refuses to correct the record while facing no real consequences in court. This past week, however, DOJ lawyers took the rare step of fessing up to a serious error, dramatically overstating the presence of federal agents in Portland in an effort to justify Trump's deployment of the National Guard."
"In its filings, the DOJ had told the 9 th Circuit that 115 Federal Protective Service officers-nearly a quarter of the force nationwide-had been diverted to Portland to protect the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility that was at the center of all of those protests. The FPS put that claim in a sworn declaration by Robert Cantu, who is its regional deputy director."
DOJ lawyers admitted they dramatically overstated the number of federal agents in Portland to justify President Trump's deployment of the National Guard. The claim asserted that 115 Federal Protective Service officers—nearly a quarter of the nationwide force—had been diverted to Portland to protect an ICE facility at the center of protests. That sworn claim, provided in a declaration by FPS regional deputy director Robert Cantu, formed a central factual premise for a three-judge 9th Circuit panel's ruling approving federalization of the Guard. The full 9th Circuit vacated that decision to allow reconsideration on correct factual information.
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