A federal judge lambasted and penalized the attorneys behind President Trump's settlement with the IRS, saying in an explosive Monday order that the case was a means to an end: judicial cover for a deal granting Trump audit immunity and creating his controversial anti-weaponization fund. The big picture: The $1.776 bil
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A federal judge lambasted and penalized the attorneys behind President Trump's settlement with the IRS, saying in an explosive Monday order that the case was a means to an end: judicial cover for a deal granting Trump audit immunity and creating his controversial anti-weaponization fund. The big picture: The $1.776 bil
A judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was a “bad faith” attempt to manipulate the judicial process and barred him and his administration from citing its supposed settlement in any future regulatory or judicial proceedings. A federal judge lambasted and penalized the attorneys behind President Trump's settlement with the IRS, saying in an explosive Monday order that the case was a means to an end: judicial cover for a deal granting Trump audit immunity and creating his controversial anti-weaponization fund.
Bloomberg reported the story as "Judge Rules Trump IRS Immunity Deal Has No ‘Basis in Law’." Axios reported the story as "Judge sanctions Trump's lawyers for IRS settlement, anti-weaponization fund."
2 sources have covered this story, including Axios and Bloomberg. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 7 hours ago.
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