DOJ filing reads like a Truth Social post, critics say

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, and lawyer Trent McCotter filed a brief asking a court to allow construction to resume on the president's $400 million White House ballroom. Legal commentators say the brief's prose and combative tone mirror President Trump's Truth Social posts, using colloquial insults and rhetorical flourishes instead of standard legal citation. The filing presses procedural arguments to restart work on the ballroom while addressing a recent security incident tied to a White House event. Legal analysts warn that the filing's partisan voice risks undermining the Justice Department's credibility with the judge and weakening its legal case.

Chris Geidner

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

BREAKING: DOJ's leaders just filed what amounts to a Truth social post as a legal filing in the ballroom case. Acting A.G. Todd Blanche, Associate A.G. Stanley Woodward, and Trent McCotter beclowned themselves in yet another dark, embarrassing moment for DOJ. Overnight, at Law Dork:

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Connor Lynch22

I don’t entirely understand why judges don’t just strike these sorts of things from the docket sua sponte without prejudice to file a real motion

Hard Left - No Labels20

Todd Blanche needs to lose his license, enough of this shit

Jess Herr14

This type of filing alone should be sanction worthy.

Siúlach Erin10

Trump himself said that the White House is the most secure place for him. No attempted assassin has been able to penetrate the security there. No need to fix something that isn't broken.

Matteo Panella8

The Judge should use the Cleveland Stadium response.

Brian Wilcox8

Blanche has no shame whatsoever, meaning he probably has the inside track for an appointment as Trump's AG. He'll literally do anything Trump asks.

UNHINGED VEGAN CHICK 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️7

LMAO what the fuck. This is impressively unprofessional and insane

Roland Gerritsen van der Hoop6

They beclown themselves in an attempt to please a fickle petty tyrant who can get very nasty if he does not get his pet projects. And one who apparently is unaware the White House is not his home but only a temporary lease to him from the American people.

Jay W5

What if we met him halfway… and allowed him to build a bubble in the shape of a ballroom, that he gets transported around in everywhere? Maybe with a hole for a golf club handle?

Ric Fouad5

Welcome to Wheel of Rule 11! Thank you for playing!🤗

Ruby Ninepins5

The absurdity is on overdrive.

That information is classified4

I spent a while finding it heart breaking what had become of DOJ. Now I’m just pissed at the Klan show it has become and want everyone there remembered in the future for the transparency of their hoods.

Zazz Blammymatazz4

Spot on description. Whatever ai tool they use to generate his tweets, was used in this filing.

Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer3

Judge Leon should take a page from General McAuliffe on how to respond here.

AbolishICE3

seems the "any port in a storm" approach is being abused early and often here by the doj

Laurie T3

What’s crazy to me is they don’t seem to be embarrassed or ashamed to submit garbage like this to a court of law. It absolutely DOES reflect on Blanche here.

deehellcat2

I mean, for just one point, the term TDS was, if I recall correctly, originated to describe rump's minions, not the rest of us.

Barb McQuade

@barbmcquade.bsky.social

This brief in support of Trump’s ballroom reads like a Truth Social post written by the president himself. What a disgrace for DOJ, which once relied on facts, law, common sense, decency, respect, and, most importantly, the fair administration of justice.

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a-nice-karen.bsky.social7

I said the same thing earlier when i first read it. Sounds like trump wrote it. Juvenile gibberish. I can’t believe the DOJ would allow this to be filed. What an embarrassment this administration is.

teresalfenton.bsky.social6

Our DOJ has been compromised. In 2028, fire everyone and rebuild it from the ground up.

Don Isaacs3

If there’s one thing Trump does well, it’s listening to and accepting any and all opposition to his biases, wants, and perceived needs. Not.

The Snarklepuss 🐸2

it's like a parody, complete with Random Capitalizations

Carolyn2

Stan Woodward Assoc AG auditioning for the AG spot.

Ma Joad ✌️2

Who knew so many middle aged white, somewhat chubby white people could be so adept at the game of Twister?

The Daily Beast

@thedailybeast.bsky.social

Trump’s Justice Department officials filed a legal brief that resembled one of the president’s Truth Social rants to argue that construction on the president’s $400 million White House ballroom must resume.

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Dan Diamond

@ddiamond.bsky.social

This seems notable: none of the attorneys who have previously appeared or argued the case signed this new motion. It was only signed by Todd Blanche and two other DOJ political appointees.

The Justice Department's motion - unusually written for a government legal filing, containing dubious claims and resembling Trump's Truth Social posts - was one of several documents filed to the court late Monday night. The motion also criticizes the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the nonprofit that brought the lawsuit, writing that the group's "name is FAKE" and claiming that "they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly referred to as TDS." The motion calls the ballroom a "gift" to the country because Trump plans to pay for it with private donations and boasts about the president's capabilities.
"Because it is DONALD J. TRUMP, a highly successful real estate developer, who has abilities that others don't, especially those who assume the Office of President, this frivolous and meritless lawsuit was filed," the Justice Department lawyers write.
Notably, none of the administration attorneys who have previously appeared or argued the case signed the motion, which was only signed by Trump political appointees. Trump posted screenshots of the motion on his Truth Social account on Tuesday morning.

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WagzTheDog

@wagzthedog.bsky.social

FFS, they turned a Truth Social post into a legal brief?

164h ago

Jenny In Exile

@jennyinexile.bsky.social

Most legal filings read like 3 am Truth Social rants, amirite?

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Jason S

@jasonswritings.bsky.social

The funny thing is he might have been able to manipulate some headway in the ballroom case with what happened Saturday night on its own. But he's probably lost that angle at this point because he keeps harassing the judge with truth social posts disguised as court filings.

94h ago

Buttadeus

@thewanderingjew.bsky.social

how many of these do you think I can post on Truth Social before I get in the cabinet?

114h ago

BasedFace

@dahzhoo.bsky.social

I wouldn't be surprised if they taught an Ai model from Don's Truth Social and old Twitter posts so a user, let's call him Stephen, could then type what that he wants and have the Ai output a draft in Don's standard prose.

94h ago