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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sun Mar 15, 2026, 06:43 AM 3 hrs ago

The Obscure Judge Presiding Over $166 Billion in Tariff Refunds

The Wall Street Journal
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One judge is calling the shots about how the Trump administration will pay back more than $166 billion in tariff refunds now that they’ve been ruled illegal.

The Obscure Judge Presiding Over $166 Billion in Tariff Refunds
Judge Richard Eaton, on a little-known trade court, is pushing the administration to pay back illegally collected tariffs—and quickly
on.wsj.com
10:00 AM · Mar 14, 2026

One judge is calling the shots about how the Trump administration will pay back more than 6 billion in tariff refunds now that they’ve been ruled illegal.

The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) 2026-03-14T14:00:04.506295Z
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The Obscure Judge Presiding Over $166 Billion in Tariff Refunds (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 3 hrs ago OP
They have the records of who paid. Old Crank 2 hrs ago #1

Old Crank

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1. They have the records of who paid.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:22 AM
2 hrs ago

Shouldn't be hard to go through them and refund the money.
Now they should have some tag, note, flag as to the tariffs deamed illegal.

Of course with this band of incompetents, who knows if it went into Trump’s pocket or not.

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