Trump administration replaces lawyers in NYC congestion pricing challenge
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, its legal malpractice. Its 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
(68,623 posts)The resistance is alive and well.
BumRushDaShow
(151,223 posts)"Self-sacrifice". They may have been on the way out anyway.
Irish_Dem
(68,623 posts)on your way out.
Ray Bruns
(5,153 posts)
Grins
(8,270 posts)Thats what I say. OFTEN!!!! Since 20 January 2025, if you want the actual moment.
Grins
(8,270 posts)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 didnt like that.
I cant 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
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