Judge Nullifies Trump $1.776B Settlement With IRS And Treasury

Follow up to Judge Warns Trump Could Fleece Public With $10B IRS Lawsuit – Via Parnas Perspective: “In a blistering 56-page order issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams concluded that the lawsuit was brought “for an improper purpose” and that the parties sought to use the federal courts to confer judicial legitimacy on an agreement that lacked any legal foundation. Because “Plaintiffs have no answer for the fact that the [L]ead Plaintiff, President Trump, directs and controls the Defendants[,]” this “renders this lawsuit non-adversarial, collusive, and jurisdictionally improper.”  “Court finds that this matter was brought for an improper purpose—to gain the imprimatur of judicial legitimacy for a ‘settlement’ that had no viable basis in law or fact.”… At the heart of Judge Williams’ decision is a constitutional finding that there was never an actual “case or controversy” as required under Article III of the Constitution. The judge found that because President Trump, as head of the Executive Branch, ultimately controlled the agencies he sued—the Treasury Department and the IRS—the parties were never genuinely adverse. The ruling effectively dismantles what critics had described as a sweetheart deal between the Trump administration and the IRS…”

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