{"id":5644,"date":"2026-07-13T17:36:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5644"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:36:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:36:50","slug":"judge-trump-sought-to-manipulate-the-judicial-process-with-his-irs-lawsuit-and-attempted-1-8b-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5644","title":{"rendered":"Judge: Trump sought to \u2018manipulate the judicial process\u2019 with his IRS lawsuit and attempted $1.8B fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n            A federal judge Monday said a controversial lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump against the IRS sought to \u201cmanipulate the judicial process\u201d and that he acted in bad faith in bringing it.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5642\">Aortic dissection: the medical emergency linked to Lindsey Graham\u2019s death<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            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 \u201canti-weaponization\u201d 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.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Williams\u2019 56-page opinion blasted the behavior of both the Justice Department \u2014 arguing that the administration\u2019s response to the case disregarded DOJ policies and potentially the law \u2014 and of the private attorneys who brought the lawsuit on Trump\u2019s behalf.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThe 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,\u201d the judge wrote.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            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.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5638\">Rubio vows to \u2018dismantle\u2019 International Criminal Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIn abdicating its responsibility to zealously defend the interests of the United States, the Government entered into a \u2018settlement\u2019 that deviated from its litigation posture in similar actions, disregarded DOJ policies, and accomplished objectives beyond those authorized, as well as those specifically prohibited, by law,\u201d Williams wrote.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The judge also referred one of the private attorneys who represented Trump in the case to the Florida Bar for potential disciplinary proceedings and blocked another lawyer who represented Trump from entering court appearances in the Southern District of Florida for the next year.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Her order indicates that the retired judges who argued she should scrutinize the deal could be entitled to having their legal fees covered.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            CNN has reached out to the Justice Department for comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            A spokesman for Trump\u2019s private legal team said: \u201cThe IRS wrongly allowed a rogue, politically-motivated employee to leak private and confidential information about President Trump, his family, and the Trump Organization to the New York Times, ProPublica and other left-wing news outlets, which was then illegally released to millions of people. President Trump continues to hold those who wrong America and Americans accountable.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5636\">Capitol Police arrest man with a firearm at north barricade of the US Capitol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>This story is breaking and will be updated.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge Monday said a controversial lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump against the IRS sought to \u201cmanipulate the judicial process\u201d and that he acted in bad faith in bringing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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