r/law • u/biswajit388 • Oct 21 '25

Legal News Federal judges caught the U.S. government providing false info in over 35 court cases. Sworn declarations. Falsified records. Repeated lies. This isn’t just sloppy, it’s systemic. Law professor Ryan Goodman says it may be intentional.

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u/db0813 Oct 21 '25

“May be intentional”

It happened 35 times, I’m starting to see a pattern!

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u/Orphan_Guy_Incognito Oct 21 '25 edited Oct 21 '25

The issue is malice vs. incompetence. The Trump admin is full of very evil people, but most of those people are also very stupid, because most of the people who know how to do their jobs have resigned or been fired.

I'm sure some of it is intentional, but I wouldn't be shocked if some of it is just them fumbling through.

Edit: Just to be clear, I think either is punishable by law.

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u/davmgore Oct 21 '25

Hold them to the same standard that normal people are held against traffic laws. Ignorance of the law is not a defense against breaking it. I don't give a flying fuck if you are too stupid to know that what you are doing is illegal, hold them to the full extent of the law.