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Judge reopens Trump’s IRS suit to examine $1.8bn settlement with justice department

Investigation to establish whether ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is ‘product of collusion and itself a fraud’ A federal judge has reopened Donald Trump ’s $10bn case against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), after receiving a third-party motion asserting that the settlement, which lacks detail, “is a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the court”. The ruling, issued by the Miami judge Kathleen Williams, revives a lawsuit brought by the president and his sons against the IRS after their personal and business tax returns were leaked by a former contractor. Continue reading...

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According to The Guardian’s source item, Judge reopens Trump’s IRS suit to examine $1.8bn settlement with justice department, Investigation to establish whether ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is ‘product of collusion and itself a fraud’ A federal judge has reopened Donald Trump ’s $10bn case against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), after receiving a third-party motion asserting that the settlement, which lacks detail, “is a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the court”. The ruling, issued by the Miami judge Kathleen Williams, revives a lawsuit brought by the president and his sons against the IRS after their personal and business tax returns were leaked by a former contractor. Continue reading…

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