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Almost as soon as Donald Trump returned to the White House, the Justice Department began lying to federal courts in an effort to conceal its flagrant lawbreaking. Most notoriously, DOJ lawyers falsely told a federal judge that the government would not deport Venezuelan migrants without due process—a whopper that has subjected them to potential criminal contempt. But the agency sneaks smaller, less flashy falsehoods into its arguments all the time. These fibs might seem minor on their own, but they add up to a concerted campaign against reality, a dangerous attempt to reject out of hand any facts that reveal the administration’s corruption and lawlessness. Lower c

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