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Judge bars Trump from citing settlement in future proceedings
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Trump, IRS were not adverse to each other in case, judge finds
-Settlement set up since-abanoned ‘weaponization fund’ and sweeping tax protections
WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday voided President Donald Trump’s settlement with the IRS that gave him and his companies sweeping tax protections and initially set up a nearly $1.8 billion government fund to pay victims of so-called government weaponization that was later abandoned.
Miami-based U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams found that Trump and the IRS, which he oversees as president, were not truly adverse to each other as is required in civil lawsuits under the U.S. Constitution. Williams referred a Trump lawyer in the case, Alejandro Brito, and senior Justice Department officials who signed off on the settlement to state bar authorities to determine if their actions violated legal ethics rules.
Yes fucking finally. Start punishing the lawyers for this bullshit on top of killing the lawsuit. If word gets out that if you may get disbarred for attempting these bullshit lawsuits can hopefully stop this runaway train.
I really hope so. Watching some of his bullshit lawyers get disbarred would be hilarious.
Trump and the IRS, which he oversees as president, were not truly adverse to each other
Maybe the fact that Trump fired everyone at the IRS that didn’t do as he wanted tipped the judge off??