U.S. judge voids Trump's settlement with IRS, refers lawyers for discipline
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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.
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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.
The DOJ will hire them and make up some BS about them being certified lawyers because of Executive Privilege
Are you quoting something that is actually happened in the past, or just expecting Trump to pull his normal bullshit?
I don't think they can just make up lawyer status where one doesn't already exist.
In previous news, blondie claimed DOJ lawyers couldn't be disbarred and were above the bar association. Or something to that effect
His lawyer went to jail after his first term
And more than a few lawyers noped tf out
MAGA: My Attorney Got Arrested
If you can't punish Trump, punish those that support him. I hope these lawyers get disbarred, and many others
Maybe the fact that Trump fired everyone at the IRS that didn't do as he wanted tipped the judge off??
That statement is trying to do some heavy lifting without context. To help, I'll rewrite the paragraph this is contained in as one sentence:
I'm seeing posts saying that the judge talked a lot, but didn't really ban the slush fund. The MAGA propaganda is desperately trying to spin this as a secret win.
I believe part of the money (the part he didn't steal) was to go to Jan 6 Traitors, and the other held in reserve to entice them to return after the 2028 election, to keep him in office. Except that one is going to get REALLY violent.