Federal attorneys admitted the Trump Transportation Department’s legal theories for shutting down New York’s congestion toll don’t hold much water in a mysteriously-filed memo

The 11-page document —uploaded Wednesday night to the docket for the ongoing lawsuit between New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Duffy’s DOT before being taken down—was originally sent on April 11 to DOT’s senior trial attorney Erin Hendrixson, advising her and her team to change their approach or risk losing their case.

President Donald Trump has made clear that ending congestion pricing is one of his policy priorities. When Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the federal government would revoke its approval of the tolls charging drivers a base fare of $9 to travel south of 60th Street in Manhattan, Trump declared “ LONG LIVE THE KING !”