Trump ties dropping $10B IRS lawsuit to creation of $1.7B fund
President Trump sought to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for creating a $1.7 billion "weaponization" fund. The proposal would redirect $1.7 billion in taxpayer money toward programs labeled to address IRS "weaponization" as the price for ending the litigation. Rep. Jamie Raskin called the plan "a massive and unprecedented presidential plunder of the American people." The arrangement would let the president convert settlement leverage into a major federal spending priority, raising legal and political concerns about using taxpayer dollars to resolve litigation.
Felon Trump wants to drop his $10 BILLION collusion lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for a $1.7 BILLION slush fund of taxpayer money to pay his allies & friends who allege they’ve been victims of Biden Administration “weaponization.” The latest on this grifty scheme. youtu.be/zhtODVVhTdc?...
AA Pollock 🇨🇦12Bet someone, somewhere is now writing “The Rise and Fall of the US Empire.”
Wendy8When the hell will us average rubes out here get compensated for the mental distress, the loss of lives and livelihoods, that we’ve suffered under Trump? Anyone?
neicey-1.bsky.social5He's setting up another insurrection. No doubt in my mind
glaucon200.bsky.social5This isn’t a fold. It’s a crime. And a promise to allow Trump to continue to commit crimes in the future without fear of prosecution.
steinheim2.bsky.social5trump belongs in prison. A way must be found to put him there.
mikekoon.bsky.social5I’m gonna sue Trump for 100 bajillion dollars and then settle for a billion. (3d chess move)
GP3334We should not compensate violent domestic terrorists! Instead, all Americans who witnessed the assault and battery at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 should be compensated for PTSD. Next, all the Americans that died or were affected by Covid bc DJT withheld the alerts to the public. He’s to blame!👿🤡
Derek4Once this mofo is out of office (either in 2029 or when he dies), we need to extract all the money his worthless family has grifted from us taxpayers. This is utter bullshit.
Meidas Ian3Its the Bannon and Cohn technique
Amelia Pond2Good G*d! He has no shame! None of them do!
Michael Hoffman2Of course, he wants to drop it, because he knows he's going to lose. That is, if it ever even made it to a trial. This is a desperate attempt to grift more money from the taxpayers before the case fizzles out.
Margaret Spires 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇧🇭🇲2And you can count on the fact that he will get a personal cut of ANY funds that are given to those poor little victims.
EASTMAN2The President of the United States is a pedophile and a psychopath. But the conservative cowards in Congress, the DOJ, and the Supreme Court are intent on helping him stay in power. Our government institutions are filled with traitors.
Aunt Elle2Jesus with him. 🙄 I’d be okay with the full 10 billion and happily pay ten dollars per gallon for gas every day for 10 years but if and only if it meant he was to finally shut the fuck up and go the fuck away forever AND that none of his so-called children get into the poli-sci game ever again.
Alex T2WTF does his fantasy of weaponization (the very thing he does every day) have to do with a case about a contractor leaking a few forms to the press?
86472Trump has made 4700 stock transactions since January what the fk did Martha Stewart go to jail for ?
flsucks.bsky.social2Scott MacFarlane followed every single case of every J6 defendant. I read every one. Charges, evidence in pictures, audio, video, social media and pleas or admittance or denial of guilt. Lawyers claiming "they just got caught up in the moment" BS. They all knew what they were doing. Screw 'em.
warrenthedude.bsky.social2And his only comment on it ever will be that he "saved" the US over $8B by "negotiating" this massive discount.
ABC News reports that Trump is set to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against IRS in exchange for DOJ creating a new $1.7 billion fund that will be used to pay "compensation" to Biden "victims." That could potentially include the Jan 6 insurrectionists. 2/ newrepublic.com/article/2105...
Greg Sargent466Here's the rub. The slush fund will be drawn from a larger Treasury Department fund. The latter compensates actual victims of the government. But the new one will be put under Trump's direct control in a new way and untangled from any oversight, Raskin notes. 3/ newrepublic.com/article/2105...
Alan5WTF. FU Merrick Garland for not locking this guy up
Tight Pants & Cheap Motels = No Ballroom4To, the most shocking thing is that he's not settling it for $4.7 billion.
A federal court's own appointed attorneys filed a blistering brief arguing that Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS may be flatly unconstitutional — because, as Trump himself put it, he's essentially suing himself.
James Hughes4"This case is unprecedented." "A sitting president seeks monetary damages for alleged harm to his personal interests from an executive agency that he controls." www.rawstory.com/president-tr...
Pensivetm4If he’s suing himself, then the payout should come from his personal & corporate accounts.
Comen-tator2And either way, We the People are paying for it! And will get no say in who the money goes to if the settlement is approved by the courts, because trump gets to appoint the trustees for the money! TOTALLY CRIMINAL!
tRump plans to drop his $10B IRS lawsuit in exchange for a $1.7B taxpayer slush fund paying Jan. 6 rioters, Oath Keepers & Proud Boys for “wrongful prosecution” by Biden. No congressional oversight. Entities tied to him could cash in too. mcsp.short.gy/hdq7
@janettes-999.bsky.social5Absolutely not! Called my MOCs today to oppose his $10b lawsuit against the IRS. I’ll call tomorrow to oppose his proposed $1.78b taxpayer slush fund to pay his insurrectionists! 202-224-3121, 24/7/365
Pam in NC5#1 criminal. He's gotta pay his secret army so they'll come back for a second insurrection. He's not gonna willingly leave....
Trump is demanding a $1.7 billion slush fund to pay Jan. 6 rioters. He gave a sweetheart deal to a handpicked contractor for a $13 million paint job. He’s asking Congress for a $1 billion ballroom. While prices at the pump skyrocket, he’s laughing all the way to the bank.
@natureisjoking.bsky.social3So what are you doing about it?
KonaMark2Unfortunately, neither the Senate nor House will stop it 🤔 As a VA resident, I’m very sick of this ✅
bulldogmom.bsky.social2Why aren’t you introducing legislation that stops his corruption? Republicans may not let it come up for a vote but at least Dems would be showing what you stand for.
