Open vs. Hidden Corruption

This site, as the name indicates, is mainly about injustice in family court. Usually such injustices are not due to the laws but the unjust way they are applied. There is a pervasive hidden corruption with the legal system and especially family court. According to the Lawyers Rules for Professional Conduct, lawyers are obligated to tell the truth and report other lawyers who violate any of the rules. This almost never happens. According to statutory law lawyers cannot defraud the court. In Minnesota, fraud upon the court is one of three crimes with no statute of limitations (the other two being first degree murder and sex trafficking of a minor) yet it is rarely, if ever, prosecuted. Indeed, lawyers committing fraud again the court is pretty much standard practice in family court. Attorneys view it as technique not a crime. 

The Trump administration, according to the American Bar Association (ironically), has brought corruption into the open. 

Since returning to the White House in January 2025, President Donald Trump has made it abundantly clear that his administration offers a wide range of benefits to those with pockets deep enough to pay the price of admission. More than any president in recent history, Trump caters to the wealthiest and most powerful—billionaires, CEOs of major corporations, the extremely well-heeled and well-connected—as long as they are willing to pay for the privilege. Unless key reforms are passed, this corrupt political culture will likely also have an insidious, longer-term cost: Americans losing faith in their democracy.

While previous presidents have occasionally elevated the unqualified, offered preferential treatment to political allies and personal friends, and rewarded wealthy supporters for their generosity, Trump has taken “pay to play” to an entirely new level. As documented by the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) in Trump’s Corrupt Transactions: How the 47th President Has Brazenly Traded Official Benefits for Personal and Political Gain, the Trump administration has on more than three dozen occasions allowed political donations or financial deals—several of which personally enriched the Trump family—to inform major personnel and policy choices. In doing so, the administration has trampled over legal restrictions, deeply established norms of presidential behavior, and important ethical guidelines.

I am glad the American Bar Association has spoken out again Trump's corruption. I can only hope they will address corruption within the legal system in the near future as well.