Federal lawyers deceive judge, so he orders ethics classes

(CNSNews.com) – Federal lawyers drew a sharp rebuke for being "intentionally deceptive" during a controversial amnesty case before U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas, who ordered them and many more U.S. Justice Department attorneys to attend annual ethics classes. "The Department of Justice has now admitted making statements that clearly did not match the facts," Hanen said in an order issued last week. "It has admitted that the lawyers who made these statements had knowledg

(CNSNews.com) – Federal lawyers drew a sharp rebuke for being "intentionally deceptive" during a controversial amnesty case before U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas, who ordered them and many more U.S. Justice Department attorneys to attend annual ethics classes. "The Department of Justice has now admitted making statements that clearly did not match the facts," Hanen said in an order issued last week. "It has admitted that the lawyers who made these statements had knowledg…