The Justice Department must not settle Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS — and you need to do everything in your power to stop it. The reported settlement terms would have the DOJ, which Trump controls, pay Trump himself and drop IRS audits of him, his sons, and his businesses. That is not a legal settlement. That is self-dealing with taxpayer money.
The underlying lawsuit was already questioned by a federal judge who noted it's unclear whether Trump and the agencies he oversees are even "sufficiently adverse to each other" — meaning the case may be constitutionally invalid on its face. Settling it anyway, with a provision that shields the Trump family from IRS scrutiny, would be an abuse of executive power with no precedent. This follows the DOJ's recent million-dollar settlement with Michael Flynn and a payout to Carter Page — a clear pattern of the department being used to reward Trump's allies and Trump himself.
Demand a full investigation into these settlement discussions. No president should be able to direct his own Justice Department to pay him and immunize his finances from federal oversight. If this settlement goes through without congressional intervention, it sets a standard that the law simply does not apply to whoever holds the presidency.
First sent on May 14 by Jeffrey Barlow
iMessage
Text
