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Ocelot II

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29. From what I've been reading about the state of the US Attorneys offices
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 03:54 PM
10 hrs ago

(certainly the one in my district, which has lost more than half of its lawyers in the last six months), they are in sorry shape. A lot of lawyers, probably the best ones, have either been fired or have quit because they wouldn't do the unethical things their DoJ bosses wanted them to do. They've been trying to hire but there's a loyalty test; lawyers have to agree to advance the interests of Trump, not neutrally follow the law, so the best people aren't applying any more. AUSA jobs were once really desirable and prestigious (I actually got an AUSA interview as a new law grad, and even though I didn't get the job I was pretty proud of myself for just getting the interview); now they can't get anybody except hard-core MAGAs or people who are so desperate for a job that they'll agree to compromise their ethics. As a result the offices are so thinly and incompetently staffed that they're throwing their assignments into the AI cesspool and not cite-checking or editing the results just in order to get their work done on time.

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I bet that pro-se plaintiff took them by surprise! n/t pnwmom 21 hrs ago #1
He's a lawyer but he is representing himself. I guess that still gets the "pro se" designation. Hassin Bin Sober 21 hrs ago #4
I need to point out that reply #1 was posted before I edited the OP mahatmakanejeeves 21 hrs ago #5
The legal document would just show him as a pro se plaintiff. pnwmom 21 hrs ago #6
This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba 21 hrs ago #2
Court Finds Federal Prosecutor Filed Brief Containing Fabricated Quotes mahatmakanejeeves 21 hrs ago #3
that tracks. barbtries 17 hrs ago #7
I am still fascinated popsdenver 12 hrs ago #21
tRUMP prosecutors are caught lying in court filings. I'm shocked........ wolfie001 15 hrs ago #8
Not surprising at all, is it wolfie?????? popsdenver 12 hrs ago #20
Ruff ruff! wolfie001 10 hrs ago #25
WASF Wolfie...... popsdenver 9 hrs ago #30
Thanks Pops! wolfie001 9 hrs ago #31
I was thinking popsdenver 9 hrs ago #32
I'm sure that's why I called him that wolfie001 9 hrs ago #33
Yes popsdenver 9 hrs ago #34
The professionals were fired or quit pfitz59 15 hrs ago #9
It's very likely the fabricated quotes happened because of stupid use of AI (using AI without checking highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #10
Pretty soon will have an ai raised and 'educated' cbabe 14 hrs ago #11
Generative AI is the greatest tech ever for dumbing down users. It would be doing that even if it highplainsdem 13 hrs ago #14
Let's hope the opposite is true: after repeated court cases and other events negatively impacted by the use of AI, the Martin68 13 hrs ago #15
Perhaps. But sadly not all the children are above average. cbabe 13 hrs ago #16
Most of the graduates of our leading law schools are. And I assume schools will increasingly include education about Martin68 13 hrs ago #18
It's not only AI popsdenver 12 hrs ago #22
It wouldn't be just AI, though that's probably the main source. Ocelot II 10 hrs ago #27
Yes, it doesn't take much to use a citator and even less to check the original cite. Ilikepurple 10 hrs ago #28
From what I've been reading about the state of the US Attorneys offices Ocelot II 10 hrs ago #29
Yeah, I haven't done as much reading, but I kind of assumed this was going on. Ilikepurple 4 hrs ago #35
Bondi's bozos Old Crank 14 hrs ago #12
Not in the U.S. Supreme Court popsdenver 12 hrs ago #23
Business as usual for the Trump DOJ. Martin68 13 hrs ago #13
This might be an AI case and they don't want to admit it Renew Deal 13 hrs ago #17
Sactioned aka slap on the wrist.... Quanto Magnus 12 hrs ago #19
I think the regime's incompetents assume everyone else is as incompetent as they are, so they won't get "caught" in lies pat_k 11 hrs ago #24
A good number of the good DOJ attorneys have left LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #26
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