Mother Jones | The President May Settle His Own Lawsuit With Your Money by Sophie Hurwitz
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Mother Jones | The President May Settle His Own Lawsuit With Your Money by Sophie Hurwitz
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The DOJ is reportedly weighing a settlement of Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS that could channel roughly $10 billion of taxpayer money into Trump’s personal coffers; the suit, filed by Trump and his sons in January, alleges the IRS failed to halt a contractor’s illegal release of his tax returns, raising conflict‑of‑interest concerns because Trump oversees the agency he is suing and the Justice Department is led by his former personal lawyer. A potential agreement would also require the IRS to drop all current and future audits of Trump, his family and businesses, prompting Democratic lawmakers to introduce legislation barring the president, vice president and their relatives from receiving government settlement payments, a move championed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren. This follows a prior effort by Trump in October 2025 to seek $230 million from the Justice Department over the seizure of classified documents and an earlier Russia‑probe investigation, which he summed up as “awfully strange…to make a decision where I’m paying myself.”
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Mother Jones | The President May Settle His Own Lawsuit With Your Money by Sophie Hurwitz
AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.
The DOJ is reportedly weighing a settlement of Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS that could channel roughly $10 billion of taxpayer money into Trump’s personal coffers; the suit, filed by Trump and his sons in January, alleges the IRS failed to halt a contractor’s illegal release of his tax returns, raising conflict‑of‑interest concerns because Trump oversees the agency he is suing and the Justice Department is led by his former personal lawyer. A potential agreement would also require the IRS to drop all current and future audits of Trump, his family and businesses, prompting Democratic lawmakers to introduce legislation barring the president, vice president and their relatives from receiving government settlement payments, a move championed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren. This follows a prior effort by Trump in October 2025 to seek $230 million from the Justice Department over the seizure of classified documents and an earlier Russia‑probe investigation, which he summed up as “awfully strange…to make a decision where I’m paying myself.”
#DonaldTrump #DOJ #IRS #ElizabethWarren #Mar_a_Lago #corruption #mojowire #politics
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Mother Jones | The President May Settle His Own Lawsuit With Your Money by Sophie Hurwitz
AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.
The DOJ is reportedly weighing a settlement of Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS that could channel roughly $10 billion of taxpayer money into Trump’s personal coffers; the suit, filed by Trump and his sons in January, alleges the IRS failed to halt a contractor’s illegal release of his tax returns, raising conflict‑of‑interest concerns because Trump oversees the agency he is suing and the Justice Department is led by his former personal lawyer. A potential agreement would also require the IRS to drop all current and future audits of Trump, his family and businesses, prompting Democratic lawmakers to introduce legislation barring the president, vice president and their relatives from receiving government settlement payments, a move championed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren. This follows a prior effort by Trump in October 2025 to seek $230 million from the Justice Department over the seizure of classified documents and an earlier Russia‑probe investigation, which he summed up as “awfully strange…to make a decision where I’m paying myself.”
#DonaldTrump #DOJ #IRS #ElizabethWarren #Mar_a_Lago #corruption #mojowire #politics
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