Trump administration replaces lawyers in NYC congestion pricing challenge

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Reuters

April 24, 2025 4:37 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago


WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is replacing lawyers in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan after they accidentally filed an internal government letter that cast significant doubt on the Transportation Department's effort to kill New York's congestion pricing program in New York, a government spokesperson said.

Lawyers for the U.S. Attorney's Office erroneously filed an April 11 letter late on Wednesday that said it was very unlikely Judge Lewis Liman or other courts would uphold Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's decision.

A spokesperson for Duffy said the defense of the government's effort to end congestion pricing would now be handled by the Justice Department's Civil Division in Washington, rather than the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan. The Justice Department did not immediately comment.

The Duffy spokesperson blasted the lawyers from the U.S. Attorney's Office, suggesting they were either incompetent or attempting to intentionally obstruct the effort. "At the very least, it’s legal malpractice. It’s sad to see a premier legal organization continue to fall into such disgrace," the spokesperson said.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/feds-apologize-accidental-filing-casting-doubt-nyc-congestion-pricing-challenge-2025-04-24/

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Some of these "mistakes" are deliberate attempts to throw a monkey wrench into Trump's evil schemes.

The resistance is alive and well.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Yup

"Self-sacrifice". They may have been on the way out anyway.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Exactly, if you are being tossed out of your job, all the more reason to throw a few hand grenades

on your way out.

[Ray Bruns]

4. The Trump administration will now be represented by

[Grins]

5. "It's sad to see a premier legal organization continue to fall into such disgrace."

That’s what I say. OFTEN!!!! Since 20 January 2025, if you want the actual moment.

[Grins]

6. Love to read that letter.

By the same internal policies that blocked the trials of Trump for treason and election fraud, exist one that forbids the DoJ from going to Court if they are not SURE THEY CAN WIN.

Here, it seems the DoJ - honestly - did exactly that!

But the “Law n’ Order” Republicans didn’t like that.

I can’t fathom what role the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has in setting pricing and travel policies in STATES, and even CITIES?

Meanwhile, the very-Republican led state of Indiana is proposing to turn every FEDERALLY FUNDED interstate highway into toll roads.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy: (Sound of crickets…)