Government lawyers called 'intentionally deceptive,' forced to take ethics classes

Government lawyers were "intentionally deceptive" says federal judge.
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A federal judge rebuked Department of Justice lawyers in an order he issued Thursday, calling them "intentionally deceptive" and mandating remedial ethics classes.

U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen was presiding over a case concerning President Obama's executive actions on immigration, specifically concerning how many work permits were issued by the administration to undocumented immigrants. "The misconduct in this case was intentional, serious, and material," Hanen wrote. "In fact, it is hard to imagine a more serious, more calculated plan of unethical conduct."

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.