In Oregon, “115 (Federal Protective Service) officers have had to deploy to Portland” due to monthslong protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility there, an official with that agency – which provides security to government-owned properties – said earlier this month in an affidavit in support of a troop deployment.

“The continued deployment of FPS officers in response to the immigration protests stretches an already thin force beyond what is safe and effective,” Regional Deputy Director Robert Cantu said in the affidavit.

Those 115 officers amounted to “nearly a quarter of the agency’s entire FPS capacity,” Trump administration attorneys originally said.

However, this “statement was incorrect,” Bernie acknowledged in the Monday letter, noting only about half that number were agents sent out to provide security.

The admission calls into question a key part of the president’s justification for deploying the guard: “FPS, which is the regular security force charged with protecting the (ICE) Building, is stretched to the point of collapse,” the Trump administration argued in its original court filing.

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit, in a 2-1 decision this month, stayed a restraining order by US District Court Judge Karin Immergut, who said it appeared Trump overstepped his authority with the guard call-up.

Late last week, the appeals court temporarily suspended the panel’s own decision while it decides whether to rehear the case “en banc,” with 11 judges considering it instead of three. That decision could come today.

The conservative majority on the appeals panel in the Portland case criticized Immergut, a Trump appointee, for failing to take the administration’s claims about Portland security needs – specifically, the numbers Cantu cited – at his word.
“Our colleague in dissent and the district court cannot summarily dismiss Director Cantu’s sworn and undisputed statements,” the majority wrote.

Now, the Trump administration says many of the 115 agents cited by Cantu were effectively double counted, with some deployed more than once. The actual number of FPS agents sent to Portland was 86, and only 65 were “inspectors” whose primary job is providing security, Bernie’s letter says.

In her dissent, US Appeals Court Judge Susan Graber said she was unimpressed with Cantu’s affidavit, considering it vague.

“We do not know why the government chose not to file a declaration describing the relevant details,” the Clinton appointee wrote. “But it cannot submit an ambiguous assertion and then ask us to interpret that assertion in its favor.”

Full article: https://www.kten.com/news/national/the-trump-administration-says-it-overstated-the-number-of-federal-agents-in-portland-oregon-here/article_6f83b522-77f6-59f3-99d5-256e6ab93da5.html

>>1452873
You mean you're surprised that Trump's cronies lied?

>>1452881
I'm posting news on the news board.

>>1452876
>The conservative majority on the appeals panel in the Portland case criticized Immergut, a Trump appointee, for failing to take the administration’s claims about Portland security needs – specifically, the numbers Cantu cited – at his word.
Right wingers will always turn on one of their own if they dare show an ounce of integrity

>>1452882
Good for you.

>>1452882
storage.courtlistener.com isn't really a news source.

>>1452929
>linking directly to the court documents in question is bad somehow
There's an article link in the thread anyways.

>>1452873
TLDR: They justified deploying the national guard to Portland because the FDS was stretching itself too thin with how many troops were needed there... except it turns out they double counted how many FDS agents were there, meaning they were never stretched thin and reinforcements were never needed.

>>1452937
Doesn't submitting false documents to a federal court usually result in civil penalty of some kind?

>>1452939
one would think so, wouldn't one?

>>1452939
I think their argument now is "oh well it was a clerical error, not an intentional mistake".

They would admittedly need to prove it was done intentionally as opposed to mistakenly for perjury charges.

Just don't be Antifa in Portland and you'll be fine.

>>1452942
if past news is anything to go by i'm sure there is a text message on someone's phone that says "fake the numbers so we can send more troops lol"

>>1452944
It's a twitter hashtag not an organized group.

>>1452945
True.

>>1452946
The government disagrees.

>>1452958
The government also claimed they had the "girlfriend of Antifa's founder" in custody and then literally never mentioned it again.

>>1452960
The same government that swore Joe Biden was lucid and not totally senile.
You usually trust them more than I do.

>>1453000
no, not "the same" government actually.

>>1453000
you're really too dumb to do anything but this aren't you

>>1453000
So wait we're supposed to trust the government now then? You realize you're blowing up your own argument here, right?

>>1453001
Amazing how you put so much trust in this government to spend money for your greater good projects, but you're ready to admit it can turn on a dime.
>>1453002
(You)
>>1453003
No. But you will continue to do so.

resident shill sure is an attention seeking faggot

>>1453006
huh?

Party of law and order needs to fabricate evidence? I am shocked and appaled!

>>1453675
it was an honest mistake bro, don't worry about it. they said sorry!

is this the last board you wumao chinks can run with confidence