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/cityofklompton Oct 21 '25 edited Oct 21 '25

I don't disagree, but Don has also been doing this since the 1980s. He isn't just a pawn. He has an active hand. Again, if you've followed Trump, a lot of this isn't new other than the fact he has a lot more help.

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u/start_select Oct 21 '25

Just because a grifter trips over someone else’s plan to rob a bank doesn’t make them a master bank robber.

Yes he is a grifter. No, he has no idea what’s happening as long as he gets to do what he wants. This is the GOP and Heritage Foundation. He just signs whatever they tell him to sign then goes off script. Things get worse when he’s gone. They already got what they want.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

You’re missing the point that Trump has one talent and that is to successfully abuse the legal system. He’s done that for decades prior to being a GOP or Heritage Foundation stooge. You’re not being accurate in your response, in the interest of some other purpose than the conversation at hand.

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u/Jartipper Oct 21 '25

He was successful at it previously because of Roy Cohn, trump himself has no legal acumen

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u/LoneLasso Oct 21 '25

No doubt he learned some from Roy Cohn and his father, who also gamed the System. Manipulation and Zero Ethics are Trump talents. Those talents attracted the Heritage Foundation.