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Watch Ruben Gallego question Bessent re trump suing IRS for $10B
GALLEGO: Let's say Trump wins that lawsuit. Where would that billion come from?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-05T16:53:16.480Z
BESSENT: It would come from Treasury
GALLEGO: So, taxpayers?
BESSENT: Yes. Part of the 44,000 whose returns were leaked
GALLEGO: They're not suing
GALLEGO: You have no independence to make a decision whether the president deserves billion?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-05T16:57:51.820Z
BESSENT: Again, that is a DOJ matter
G: So the DOJ will entirely make that decision? You have no say?
B: Correct
G: So would you just have to write the check if you were told to write it?
B: Correct
