Judge sanctions Trump lawyers over IRS ‘settlement’ in brutal takedown
- A federal judge is sanctioning Donald Trump’s legal team after finding that the president filed a dubious lawsuit against his own IRS for the sole purpose of forcing a settlement that bailed out Trump and his family from tax investigations.
- “This action was never about a party seeking judicial resolution of a legal issue or a factual dispute,” Florida District Judge Kathleen Williams wrote in a stinging rebuke of the deal on Monday.
- Williams said Trump’s personal lawyers and his own administration schemed the court to “provide some legitimacy” for an alleged “settlement” that would provide some
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- A federal judge is sanctioning Donald Trump’s legal team after finding that the president filed a dubious lawsuit against his own IRS for the sole purpose of forcing a settlement that bailed out Trump and his family from tax investigations.
- “This action was never about a party seeking judicial resolution of a legal issue or a factual dispute,” Florida District Judge Kathleen Williams wrote in a stinging rebuke of the deal on Monday.
- Williams said Trump’s personal lawyers and his own administration schemed the court to “provide some legitimacy” for an alleged “settlement” that would provide some
Sources: The Independent