"Earlier this year, President Trump and his sons and their family corporation filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the federal government he runs, alleging that the Internal Revenue Service mishandled his tax returns and allowed a federal contractor to leak them back in 2019. This was, essentially, a multibillion-dollar personal lawsuit brought by a multibillionaire president against himself. And for a time, there was quite reasonable concern that he would effectively award himself those damages, since the Justice Department has become Trump's personal legal department for dispensing punitive justice, which is now being led by his former personal lawyer, acting attorney general Todd Blanche."
"It turns out that those concerns were misplaced. Trump's DOJ isn't giving him an enormous taxpayer-funded payoff, it's giving it to Trump's most committed and beleaguered supporters - like the ones who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Trump already bulk-pardoned his loyal insurrectionists, and now they may get paid for their trouble, too."
"According to a court document filed by Blanche on Monday, the Trump family's feud with the Trump-controlled federal government is officially over. The president has dropped his $10 billion IRS lawsuit, as well as two civil claims demanding $230 million in compensation over the special-counsel-led investigations into his mishandling of classified documents after his first term and the whole Russia saga of his 2016 presidential campaign before that. In exchange, the DOJ is creating up a $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" settlement fund to "provide a systematic process to hear and redress claims of others who suffered weaponization and lawfare.""
A $10 billion lawsuit against the federal government over alleged IRS mishandling of tax returns and a contractor leak was withdrawn. Two additional civil claims seeking $230 million were also dropped, covering investigations into mishandling classified documents and the 2016 campaign Russia matter. In exchange, the Justice Department is establishing a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” settlement fund. The fund is intended to provide a systematic process to hear and redress claims from others who say they suffered weaponization and lawfare. The arrangement is framed as a large pool of money for people alleging the justice system was used against them, including political allies.
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