My guess? He's right. It was deliberate deception.

1,000 Justice Dept. attorneys to take ethics class after Texas judge says he was deceived

In May, Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas said Justice Department lawyers intentionally misled him while the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration lawsuit against the administration of President Barack Obama was before him in its early stages -- accusing the Justice Department of a "calculated plan of unethical conduct."

Hanen said both he and opposing counsel were assured that the government would not start implementing an expansion of the immigration program until Feb. 18, 2015, but the government implemented a part of the program before February and the Department of Homeland Security had already granted relief preventing deportation under the immigration programs to more than 100,000 undocumented immigrants while the programs were being challenged in court.