Judge: Trump sought to 'manipulate the judicial process' with his IRS lawsuit and attempted $1.8B fund
Source: CNN
A federal judge Monday said a controversial lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump against the IRS sought to “manipulate the judicial process” and that he acted in bad faith in bringing it.
US District Judge Kathleen Williams is ordering sanctions for the attorneys involved in the lawsuit, which led to an attempt to create the now-defunct $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund for allies of the president. It was also used to justify a Trump administration order giving Trump and his businesses amnesty for any past tax issues.
Williams’ 56-page opinion blasted the behavior of both the Justice Department — arguing that the administration’s response to the case disregarded DOJ policies and potentially the law — and of the private attorneys who brought the lawsuit on Trump’s behalf.
“The nature of the suit itself and the conduct of the Parties and counsel from its filing make plain that this was an attempt to use the Court to provide some legitimacy to an agreement to confer immunity to people and entities affiliated with the President and to earmark billions of dollars from American taxpayers to redress grievances not defined in the law,” the judge wrote.
She ordered that her opinion be submitted to attorney disciplinary boards in in New York and Washington, DC, that are currently reviewing pre-existing professional ethics complaints against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/13/politics/trump-irs-judge-ruling-settlement-sanctions
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This opinion will be fun reading
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Judge orders sanctions and possible bar discipline against Trump's lawyers in lawsuit
Referring Blanche to the bar just before his confirmation hearing makes me smile
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A federal judge NULLIFIES the purported “settlement” behind Trump’s $1.776B slush fund, finding there was never a “case or controversy” — and referring his attorney for possible professional discipline.
Doc https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172.106.0.pdf
Whatever do you mean! 
J/K, obviously! 
This is an excellent decision, and I applaud it! 
Especially this part:
Here's hoping they both lose their licenses to practice law!
... OR ... he wins, and takes the money from Uncle Sam. Sound about right?
This Judge Kathleen Williams is finally putting Chump's lawsuit in the correct light. Namely - it's all a scam.
