"This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss what happens when the government is untrustworthy as a strong pattern of DOJ lying under oath emerges, why the NYC mayor-elect and the president were so cordial with each other in the Oval Office, and how MAGA world continues to fracture as Marjorie Taylor Greene announces her resignation and the Fuentes/Carlson controversy continues."
"Ryan Goodman, Siven Watt, Audrey Balliette, Margaret Lin, Michael Pusic, and Jeremy Venook for Just Security: The "Presumption of Regularity" in Trump Administration Litigation Devon Lum, Mattathias Schwartz, Christoph Koettl, and Ainara Tiefenthäler for The New York Times: Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump's Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago Dave Savini and Todd Feurer for CBS News: Judge's ruling on feds' use of force in Operation Midway Blitz accuses Border Patrol's Bovino of "outright lying""
A pattern of false or unreliable government testimony and filings has emerged across multiple high-profile cases, undermining institutional credibility and weakening prosecutorial arguments. Court rulings and journalistic analyses revealed factual errors, disqualified officials, and instances where prosecution narratives fell apart due to texts and other evidence. Simultaneously, a cordial Oval Office meeting between the president and the NYC mayor-elect demonstrated a pragmatic engagement despite policy tensions. Political fractures within the MAGA movement intensified as Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her resignation and controversies involving Fuentes and Carlson continued to exacerbate internal divisions.
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