35 Former Judges Ask Court to Investigate Trump's Deal with IRS
The judges say the deal may be collusive and would shield Trump, his family and businesses from IRS scrutiny while creating a $1.776 billion fund.
- On Wednesday, 35 former federal judges filed a motion in Miami Federal District Court seeking to reopen President Donald Trump's dismissed $10 billion IRS lawsuit, arguing the judge should investigate 'whether a fraud occurred' in the settlement.
- Trump abruptly dropped his case on May 18 against the IRS and Treasury Department stemming from tax leaks by an ex-IRS employee in 2019 and 2020; Judge Kathleen Williams dismissed it with prejudice that day without any settlement mentioned by plaintiffs.
- The DOJ publicly announced a $1.776 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' settlement within hours of dismissal, then revealed an addendum one day later shielding Trump and affiliates from IRS enforcement, prompting judges to assert the settlement violates laws requiring legitimate litigation.
- Through Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the judges told Judge Williams that reopening would preserve the status quo and allow judicial review of 'extraordinary and historically unprecedented circumstances' while preventing settlement provisions from taking effect.
- The fund faces mounting pressure as Republicans in Congress debate curtailing it and separate lawsuits filed last week in Washington, DC, and Virginia challenge its legality on grounds it may fund people involved in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
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Trump ordered to address ‘grievous’ fraud allegations in settlement with IRS
A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump to respond to “grievous allegations” that his deal with the government to create a US$1.8 billion fund to resolve his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was the result of a “fraud” on the court.
Trump ordered to address fraud claims in IRS case that led to ‘slush fund’
A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump to respond to “grievous allegations” that his deal with the government to create a US$1.8 billion fund to resolve his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was the result of a “fraud” on the court. In an order on Friday, US District Judge Kathleen Williams gave the president’s personal lawyers until June 12 to respond to a request by a group of former federal judges that she reopen the pro…
The Art of the Deal, cont'd
Following up my earlier post about the truly outrageous so-called "Settlement Agreement" between the IRS and our President, thirty-five (!) retired federal judges have submitted a "Motion for Relief from Judgment or Order," calling that Agreement "the product of collusion and a fraud on the Court." Accordingly, they ask the Court to use its power under FRCP 60 to set aside its earlier judgment dismissing the case, re-open the case, and "commence…
Former Federal Judges Are Urging Court To Reexamine Trump’s IRS Deal
A bipartisan group of 35 former federal judges on Wednesday urged a federal judge in Miami to reopen President Donald Trump’s $10 billion IRS lawsuit, arguing that a post-dismissal agreement may have involved fraud and manipulation of the judicial process. Details on the dismissed lawsuit and the judges’ call to reopen it In the motion filed in the Federal District Court in Miami, the judges noted that Judge Kathleen M. Williams dismissed the ca…
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