The ruling was a blow to both President Trump, who had voluntarily dismissed the suit last week, and to the Justice Department, which used the suit to establish a fund likely intended for Trump allies.
A federal judge in Florida reopened President Donald Trump‘s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS on Friday to investigate the nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that resulted from the settlement. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, revived the case in response to a request from 35 former federal…
A federal judge in Florida agreed to reopen President Trump’s bid to sue the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for $10 billion, siding with intervenors who said a settlement to create an “anti-weaponization” fund tainted the case. The Justice Department (DOJ) and Trump agreed to voluntarily dismiss his suit against the IRS in exchange for the…
A federal judge in Florida agreed to reopen President Trump’s bid to sue the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for $10 billion, siding with intervenors who said a settlement to create an “anti-weaponization” fund tainted the case. The Justice Department (DOJ) and Trump agreed to voluntarily dismiss his suit against the IRS in exchange for the…
A federal judge waylaid Donald Trump's legal team Friday by reopening his $10 billion IRS lawsuit, declaring she wants to investigate "grievous allegations" that the deal to settle it was "premised on deception," The New York Times reported.In what the Times called a "striking turnabout," U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams revived the case just days…
