Trump Moves to Drop IRS Suit as DOJ Discloses $1.7 Billion Fund
The move follows reports of a settlement that could send taxpayer money to allies who claim they were wrongly investigated, drawing criticism from Democrats and ethics groups.
- The U.S. Department of Justice created a $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund as part of a settlement with President Donald J. Trump, his family, and The Trump Organization to resolve the federal lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over leaked tax returns.
- Under the settlement, Trump and his family dropped the lawsuit and related claims, receiving a formal government apology but no monetary compensation.
- The fund provides a voluntary process for individuals alleging government weaponization and lawfare to seek financial compensation, overseen by a five-member commission appointed by the Attorney General, and will cease operations by December 15, 2028.
- Critics, including Democrat Jamie Raskin and former FBI Director James Comey, labeled the fund unconstitutional and a political grievance mechanism, while the Department of Justice defended it as a lawful redress process.
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Document: Read Trump's "settlement" with the Trump admin
Senior officials in the Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service on Monday signed off of the “settlement agreement” that ended President Donald Trump’s collusive lawsuit against the I.R.S. — an agency Trump oversees — by creating “The Anti-Weaponization Fund.”It is a cartoonishly evil, corrupt act in defiance of all ethical and democratic norms that is to transfer nearly $2 billion of federal funds ($1,776,000,000, to be precise) into …
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A banner showing President Donald Trump hangs on the Robert F. Kennedy Building of the U.S. Department of Justice on Feb. 20, 2026. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday a new “anti-weaponization” settlement fund as a condition of President Donald Trump voluntarily dropping his multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against...
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DOJ’s $1.776B Fund to Compensate Targets of Biden-Era Cases; Trump Postpones Renewed Attack on Iran
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