35 Former Judges Urge Court to Reopen Trump IRS Suit Over $1.8 Billion Fund

3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jun 22

Thirty-five former federal judges asked a Miami district court to reopen Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS, arguing Friday’s settlement dismissal may have involved “fraud on the court.”
The filing says Judge Kathleen Williams should scrutinize what the judges called collusion, centering on a settlement that created a $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund and gave Trump broad protections on his personal taxes.
Trump’s lawyers argued a week earlier that the suit was legitimate, the parties were not working together, and the court no longer had authority to revisit the case after settlement.
The dispute has drawn wider political pressure because Trump was seeking damages from the government he controls, while the Justice Department has still refused to put in writing that the anti-weaponization initiative will not proceed.
That unresolved fight matters beyond the case itself: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s public disavowal of the fund helped congressional Republicans pass a key immigration enforcement measure, but critics still want firmer guarantees.