Department of Justice lawyers accidentally sent the wrong letter to a judge, admitting weaknesses in their case against New York City’s congestion pricing.
On Wednesday evening, DOJ lawyers filed an 11-page document purporting to be a letter addressed to Judge Lewis J. Liman — but it was actually an internal memo from assistant U.S. Attorneys to Erin Hendrixson, the senior trial attorney for the MTA vs. Duffy case at the Department of Transportation. The filing was posted to the public court docket.
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