Trump’s team accidentally uploads a note that rejects its own case against the pricing of congestion

Sean Duffy, Donald Trump’s Transport Minister, would like to kill congestion prices in New York. Donald Trump’s Ministry of Justice does not think he has a lot of work. We know that thanks to the obvious mistake on the part of the DOJ legal team, which uploaded and then removed an internal note offering its opinion that efforts to kill fees are “unlikely” to win the court.

The document on 11 pages– Defined on Wednesday night, to the package for the ongoing case between the New York and DOT in the Duffy’s New York and DOT, before it was downloaded – it was originally sent on April 11 to DOT’s senior lawyer Erin Hendrickson, advising her and her team to change their approach or risk losing their case.

DOT protects Duffy’s decision to declare the project illegal. Still, DOJ warned Duffy’s actions to dismantle the project “Contrary to the law, pretext, procedurally arbitrary and capricious and disturbed proper process” – no one seems so good if you are tasked with protecting the validity of the actions in court. As such, DOJ’s attorneys conclude that “it is very unlikely that Judge Lipan or on -date courts for examination will maintain the secretary’s decision on the legal grounds.”

Given that the current position seems to be a loser, the lawyers of the Ministry of Justice recommend tact to change the points and claim that the fee is not aligned with the agency’s goals and was canceled “as a matter of changed priorities of the agency” – a position that is more likely to be protected by the provisions. According to BloombergThis argument fell into dots offices.

Usually all this will happen behind the scenes, and the sides will grit with their teeth and move forward with a single front. But then DOJ moved on and upload the document by accident – the fact that he confirmed on Thursday morning in A letter filed in court This acknowledged that she had inadvertently uploaded a privileged document to the public package and asked the court to constantly seal the document. “Although the contents of the document have been publicly announced in the news, the document has been filed by mistake and should not be considered as part of the court package,” they wrote. The court instead chose temporarily seal itAlthough it seems a little stupid, given how wide the document is at that moment.

Doj Copping to the accidental upload of the document is a little surprising. Fortunately, DOT’s behavior is much more about the brand. In a A statement to the News Chamber of the NewsIs the spokesman for the agency rhetorically asked “Are SDNY’s lawyers incompetent or is that their attempt to resist?” The same unnamed speaker called the mistake “legitimate abuse” and said, “It is sad to see a leading legal organization to continue to fall into such a disgrace.” At least somebody is on the ball in this mess!