This is what happens when you get into bed with Donald Trump.
Late last month, the Supreme Court determined that the Trump administration liedabout its real reason for wanting to add a question to the 2020 census form asking if each respondent is a U.S. citizen.
Less than two weeks later, as a team of lawyers led by the ACLU laid out in a remarkable brief filed in a federal district court, Trump’s Justice Department is entangled in an entirely different web of deceit. The brief, moreover, references a forthcoming motion for sanctions against the government attorneys who litigated this case.
There is a lesson here for officials throughout the government. If you play ball with Donald Trump, you’re likely to get smacked with a fastball right across your temple.
View the complete July 7 article by Ian Millhiser on the ThinkProgress website here.