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3. Court Finds Federal Prosecutor Filed Brief Containing Fabricated Quotes

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Court Finds Federal Prosecutor Filed Brief Containing Fabricated Quotes

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Mar. 3, 2026

An assistant U.S. attorney in North Carolina, Rudy Renfer, filed a court response containing “fabricated quotations and misstatements of case holdings” and then made “false or misleading statements” about how they were included, a federal court found according to a Bloomberg article.

“Because of the seriousness of these issues,” senior leaders from the Eastern District of North Carolina’s U.S. Attorney’s Office must appear at a show cause hearing to explain why Renfer shouldn’t be sanctioned and why the office shouldn’t be held jointly responsible, the court said.

“Having reviewed the filings in this matter and other submissions by Renfer, the court has serious concerns about the accuracy of certain quotations and representations in Renfer’s filings and the explanation offered for their inclusion,” the court said.

The court identified several fabricated quotes and misstatements of multiple circuit court opinions, as well as two fabricated quotes from the Code of Federal Regulations.

The case is Fivehouse v. Defense Dept., No. 2:25-cv-00041 (E.D.N.C.).

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I bet that pro-se plaintiff took them by surprise! n/t pnwmom Saturday #1

He's a lawyer but he is representing himself. I guess that still gets the "pro se" designation. Hassin Bin Sober Saturday #4

I need to point out that reply #1 was posted before I edited the OP mahatmakanejeeves Saturday #5

The legal document would just show him as a pro se plaintiff. pnwmom Saturday #6

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Court Finds Federal Prosecutor Filed Brief Containing Fabricated Quotes mahatmakanejeeves Saturday #3

that tracks. barbtries Saturday #7

I am still fascinated popsdenver Saturday #21

tRUMP prosecutors are caught lying in court filings. I'm shocked........ wolfie001 Saturday #8

Not surprising at all, is it wolfie?????? popsdenver Saturday #20

Ruff ruff! wolfie001 Saturday #25

WASF Wolfie...... popsdenver Saturday #30

Thanks Pops! wolfie001 Saturday #31

I was thinking popsdenver Saturday #32

I'm sure that's why I called him that wolfie001 Saturday #33

Yes popsdenver Saturday #34

The professionals were fired or quit pfitz59 Saturday #9

It's very likely the fabricated quotes happened because of stupid use of AI (using AI without checking highplainsdem Saturday #10

Pretty soon will have an ai raised and 'educated' cbabe Saturday #11

Generative AI is the greatest tech ever for dumbing down users. It would be doing that even if it highplainsdem Saturday #14

Let's hope the opposite is true: after repeated court cases and other events negatively impacted by the use of AI, the Martin68 Saturday #15

Perhaps. But sadly not all the children are above average. cbabe Saturday #16

Most of the graduates of our leading law schools are. And I assume schools will increasingly include education about Martin68 Saturday #18

It's not only AI popsdenver Saturday #22

It wouldn't be just AI, though that's probably the main source. Ocelot II Saturday #27

Yes, it doesn't take much to use a citator and even less to check the original cite. Ilikepurple Saturday #28

From what I've been reading about the state of the US Attorneys offices Ocelot II Saturday #29

Yeah, I haven't done as much reading, but I kind of assumed this was going on. Ilikepurple Saturday #35

Bondi's bozos Old Crank Saturday #12

Not in the U.S. Supreme Court popsdenver Saturday #23

Business as usual for the Trump DOJ. Martin68 Saturday #13

This might be an AI case and they don't want to admit it Renew Deal Saturday #17

Sactioned aka slap on the wrist.... Quanto Magnus Saturday #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 Saturday #24

A good number of the good DOJ attorneys have left LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #26