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Otherwise, I’ll let Judge Reyes’s orders speak for themselves—just as Stan Woodward, repeatedly, let the government’s submissions speak for themselves rather than put himself on the record.

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She read this order very fast, and it should appear on the docket soon, so I’ll leave it there. With one last thing: Judge Reyes wanted to make very clear that there is no finding yet that DOJ/DOI counsel did violate these ethical obligations.

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She is offering to DOJ for this inquiry to be conducted by a special master; otherwise she will do it herself. This will involve probing possible misrepresentations as well as timing notices in bad faith to avoid judicial review.

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JR is ordering a formal inquiry into whether DOJ/DOI counsel violated ethical obligations including their duty of candor to the court.

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