The Department of Transportation on Thursday said it had replaced lawyers in the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan after they accidentally filed a document outlining legal flaws with the Trump administration’s plan to replace New York City’s congestion pricing tolls, the New York Post reports.

The April 11 letter, filed late Wednesday, said it was unlikely Judge Lewis Liman or other courts would uphold Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s decision.

”Are SDNY lawyers on this case incompetent or was this their attempt to RESIST? At the very least, it’s legal malpractice,” said Halee Dobbins, a spokesperson for Duffy. ”It’s sad to see a premier legal organization continue to fall into such disgrace.”

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