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A Federal Judge Slams Trump's IRS Lawsuit As a Pretext for Delivering a Phony 'Settlement'
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams concludes that the case never presented a true "case or controversy" because both sides were controlled by the president.
In a scathing decision issued on Monday, a federal judge in Florida ruled that President Donald Trump's January 29 lawsuit against the IRS was nothing more than a pretext for a "settlement agreement" granting him, his family, and his supporters huge favors at the expense of U.S. taxpayers.
The plaintiffs and the defendants "worked in tandem and were never actually adverse," writes U.S.
District Judge Kathleen Williams, who ordered sanctions against Trump's lawyers.
"Because this fact was so obvious and so insurmountable, 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 viable basis in law or fact."
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