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Posted on 07/13/2026 1:16:54 PM PDT by lowbridge
A federal judge on Monday nullified an agreement the government reached with Donald Trump and his sons over the leak of his tax returns. The judge lambasted the government and president’s lawyers for using the judicial process to try to concoct a beneficial arrangement for the president.
The ruling from US district judge Kathleen Williams in the southern district of Florida blocks a widely criticized arrangement the government and the president’s attorneys reached earlier this year to resolve a $10bn lawsuit by Trump and his sons over the leak of the president’s tax returns. The government never responded to the lawsuit and then announced it was settling the suit by creating a $1.8bn slush fund to compensate victims of “government weaponization” and giving the president, his family, and related entities immunity from tax audits.
Amid bipartisan backlash, the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, announced the justice department was scrapping the fund, but the tax immunity provisions remained in place.
In her ruling on Monday, Williams, who was nominated to the bench by Barack Obama, said there had never been a genuine controversy in the case – a requirement for any lawsuit – since Trump controlled the treasury department. She also sanctioned Trump’s lawyers for their conduct before the court.
“The 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,” she wrote.
“The court finds that this matter was brought for an improper purpose – to gain the imprimatur of judicial legitimacy for a ‘settlement’ that had no
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NEW KEYWORD:
judgeblockstrump
” nominated to the bench by Barack Obama”
Is there even ONE Obunghole Robed Crook that is remotely fair?
Or is that just a silly question?
You can always tell these anti-trump judges their opinions don’t read like intelligent judicial opinions they’re just full of political diatribes.
Judge’s accusatory opinion should be subject to due process or stricken.
I sort of agree. It should have been long prison sentences for all involved in the Trump Tax return leaks. Government employees, and news media. Put them in the J6 prison and do the exact same torture to them.
Judge is out over his/her skis.
I would just settle for some heads on pikes.
“redress grievances not defined in the law”
I would think Trump could merely sue the leakers themselves and any private party accomplice.
Has anybody ever collected a civil law judgement against the federal government for a return leak from the IRS?
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Oke Kathleen Williams “nullifies’ and awful lot and then quickly finds herself reversed. But hey, she got to make her political statement in the form of an order and option.
Legislation from the bench.
US district judge Kathleen Williams was appointed by Traitorobama, and on August 2, 2011, Williams was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on unanimous consent. Not one Republican senator raised an objection, which would have then required a vote.
Gutless cowards!
Obama judges are committed to be "scathing" whenever they write a ruling on President Trump.
These Obama judges are nothing more than unrestrained judcial pit bulls when they get turned loose on a President Trump case.
I would think the leaker would get fired, prosecuted and convicted, and probably lose federal pension rights.
WIKI
The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) is a United States federal statute that permits private parties to sue the U.S. government in federal court for most torts committed by persons acting on its behalf. It was passed and enacted as a part of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946.
Under the FTCA, “[T]he United States [is] liable ... in the same manner and to the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances, but [is not] liable for interest prior to judgment or for punitive damages.
Under the FTCA, a tort claim against the U.S. must be presented in writing to the appropriate federal agency within two years after the claim accrues, or it is time-barred.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Tort_Claims_Act
What’s his real name?
One of Lindsey Graham’s Judges!
He passed all the Activist, woke judges.
He was an outspoken advocate for most of them.
Will be reversed in 3,2,1 meow!
All of these obuma judges, just auditioning for supreme court nominations for some future Democrat governor or president.
Its time to just ignore these liberal judges rulings.
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