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hookaleft

(1,255 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 03:27 AM 16 hrs ago

Former IRS officials call for judge to scrutinize Trump's 'breathtakingly improper' immunity from audits

A group of former officials with the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to scrutinize a controversial deal that granted President Donald Trump and his family sweeping immunity from past tax audits.

They alleged that the deal to resolve Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax documents in exchange for immunity from past audits was "unprecedented and breathtakingly improper."

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams reopened the case last month after a group of 35 former federal judges alleged that the settlement -- which included both the immunity and the DOJ's now-scuttled $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" -- was deceptive and a "fraud on the court."

In an amicus brief filed Monday, the former officials argued that the audit provision was unlawful and should be scrutinized.

https://abcnews.com/Politics/former-irs-officials-call-judge-scrutinize-trumps-breathtakingly/story?id=134109449

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Former IRS officials call for judge to scrutinize Trump's 'breathtakingly improper' immunity from audits (Original Post) hookaleft 16 hrs ago OP
Following the lead of former judges. Good. Raven123 12 hrs ago #1
I believe that it IS the Federal Judges that can save us. They are our only hope hookaleft 12 hrs ago #2
And the lower courts are doing so despite SCOTUS. Raven123 10 hrs ago #3

Raven123

(8,032 posts)
1. Following the lead of former judges. Good.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 07:05 AM
12 hrs ago

The sitting judiciary is being inundated with BS by this administration. The expertise of these former public servants is invaluable.

hookaleft

(1,255 posts)
2. I believe that it IS the Federal Judges that can save us. They are our only hope
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 07:14 AM
12 hrs ago

They are all that is standing in the way of the people and this fucked up administration.

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