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Pre-trial conference in Floyd v. Department of Justice (26-cv-01399) District Court, E.D. Virginia shifted back another week to 2026/07/22.
This is the lawsuit against the #Jan6 #SlushFund which #ToddBlanche was given a chance to nope out of just by saying (in a sworn statement) that the idea was dead and gone, and he got all huffy.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73383692/floyd-v-department-of-justice/
Is this rescheduling because of the magistrate judge's schedule or DOJ staffing issues?
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Pre-trial conference in Floyd v. Department of Justice (26-cv-01399) District Court, E.D. Virginia shifted back another week to 2026/07/22.
This is the lawsuit against the #Jan6 #SlushFund which #ToddBlanche was given a chance to nope out of just by saying (in a sworn statement) that the idea was dead and gone, and he got all huffy.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73383692/floyd-v-department-of-justice/
Is this rescheduling because of the magistrate judge's schedule or DOJ staffing issues?
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Pre-trial conference in Floyd v. Department of Justice (26-cv-01399) District Court, E.D. Virginia shifted back another week to 2026/07/22.
This is the lawsuit against the #Jan6 #SlushFund which #ToddBlanche was given a chance to nope out of just by saying (in a sworn statement) that the idea was dead and gone, and he got all huffy.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73383692/floyd-v-department-of-justice/
Is this rescheduling because of the magistrate judge's schedule or DOJ staffing issues?
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Pre-trial conference in Floyd v. Department of Justice (26-cv-01399) District Court, E.D. Virginia shifted back another week to 2026/07/22.
This is the lawsuit against the #Jan6 #SlushFund which #ToddBlanche was given a chance to nope out of just by saying (in a sworn statement) that the idea was dead and gone, and he got all huffy.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73383692/floyd-v-department-of-justice/
Is this rescheduling because of the magistrate judge's schedule or DOJ staffing issues?
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Pre-trial conference in Floyd v. Department of Justice (26-cv-01399) District Court, E.D. Virginia shifted back another week to 2026/07/22.
This is the lawsuit against the #Jan6 #SlushFund which #ToddBlanche was given a chance to nope out of just by saying (in a sworn statement) that the idea was dead and gone, and he got all huffy.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73383692/floyd-v-department-of-justice/
Is this rescheduling because of the magistrate judge's schedule or DOJ staffing issues?
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Norm Eisen: "There has never been a nominee for attorney general as ethically compromised as Todd Blanche. Political vendettas at the Department of Justice, stonewalling on the #EpsteinFiles, and a court rebuking his $1.8 billion protection scheme for Trump."
#SlushFund copy: @renewedresistance #politics -
Norm Eisen: "There has never been a nominee for attorney general as ethically compromised as Todd Blanche. Political vendettas at the Department of Justice, stonewalling on the #EpsteinFiles, and a court rebuking his $1.8 billion protection scheme for Trump."
#SlushFund copy: @renewedresistance #politics -
#DickDurbin opened with an impassioned rebuke of #ToddBlanche’s role in creating a $1.8 billion compensation #SlushFund for purported victims of #DOJ “weaponization” under Biden — & slammed him signing off on a deal to shield #Trump & his family from #tax investigations. “One of your first official actions as Acting Attorney General was establishing a nearly $2 billion slush fund to benefit January 6 cop-beaters while immunizing Trump from IRS liability,” he said.
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#DickDurbin opened with an impassioned rebuke of #ToddBlanche’s role in creating a $1.8 billion compensation #SlushFund for purported victims of #DOJ “weaponization” under Biden — & slammed him signing off on a deal to shield #Trump & his family from #tax investigations. “One of your first official actions as Acting Attorney General was establishing a nearly $2 billion slush fund to benefit January 6 cop-beaters while immunizing Trump from IRS liability,” he said.
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Federal Judge Nukes Trump’s Self-Dealt IRS ‘Settlement,’ Sends Lawyers To The Bar
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Federal Judge Nukes Trump’s Self-Dealt IRS ‘Settlement,’ Sends Lawyers To The Bar
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Update in #Trump v. #IRS, (26-cv-20609) District Court, S.D. Florida, the case that was the fig leaf for #ToddBlanche to sign off creating the #Jan6 "Anti-Weaponization Fund" #SlushFund. #LawFedi https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/
56-page order from Judge Williams deciding that they agree with Supreme Court and Trump in that Trump was suing himself and none of this is an Article III matter. Trump attorneys to face the flames.
Summary of this order (Doc 106):
pp. 3–5 obviously Trump knew about leaker but statute of limitations ran out. Also, only v. Trump did DOJ not defend IRS.
pp. 6–9 posture of DOJ and "settlement" were preposterous.
pp. 9–11 Despite voluntary dismissal, court still has a role.
pp. 11–17 If no adversity, there is no controversy, if there is no controversy, there is not Article III jurisdiction.
pp. 17–21 Logic and the Supreme Court said Trump is suing himself.
pp. 21–23 Trump's Executive Order says Trump is suing himself.
pp. 23–26 DOJ conduct suggests they were obeying that E.O.
pp. 26–27 Trump reinforced this doctrine.
pp. 27–38 No one involved is operating legally or ethically.
pp. 38–54 All attorneys for Trump and DOJ in this matter should go to hell, but the court will instead bar those that it can, fine those that it can, and refer all to bar associations.
pp. 54-56 Fuck you and your kleptocracy very much.
Or read someone else's long form: https://abovethelaw.com/2026/07/judge-cites-supreme-courts-newfound-unitary-executive-theory-to-blow-up-trumps-irs-settlement/
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Update in #Trump v. #IRS, (26-cv-20609) District Court, S.D. Florida, the case that was the fig leaf for #ToddBlanche to sign off creating the #Jan6 "Anti-Weaponization Fund" #SlushFund. #LawFedi https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/
56-page order from Judge Williams deciding that they agree with Supreme Court and Trump in that Trump was suing himself and none of this is an Article III matter. Trump attorneys to face the flames.
Summary of this order (Doc 106):
pp. 3–5 obviously Trump knew about leaker but statute of limitations ran out. Also, only v. Trump did DOJ not defend IRS.
pp. 6–9 posture of DOJ and "settlement" were preposterous.
pp. 9–11 Despite voluntary dismissal, court still has a role.
pp. 11–17 If no adversity, there is no controversy, if there is no controversy, there is not Article III jurisdiction.
pp. 17–21 Logic and the Supreme Court said Trump is suing himself.
pp. 21–23 Trump's Executive Order says Trump is suing himself.
pp. 23–26 DOJ conduct suggests they were obeying that E.O.
pp. 26–27 Trump reinforced this doctrine.
pp. 27–38 No one involved is operating legally or ethically.
pp. 38–54 All attorneys for Trump and DOJ in this matter should go to hell, but the court will instead bar those that it can, fine those that it can, and refer all to bar associations.
pp. 54-56 Fuck you and your kleptocracy very much.
Or read someone else's long form: https://abovethelaw.com/2026/07/judge-cites-supreme-courts-newfound-unitary-executive-theory-to-blow-up-trumps-irs-settlement/
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“In abdicating its responsibility to zealously defend the interests of the United States, the #Government entered into a ‘settlement’ that deviated from its litigation posture in similar actions, disregarded #DOJ policies, & accomplished objectives beyond those authorized, as well as those specifically prohibited, by #law,” Williams wrote.
#Trump #IRS #criminal #fraud #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund
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“In abdicating its responsibility to zealously defend the interests of the United States, the #Government entered into a ‘settlement’ that deviated from its litigation posture in similar actions, disregarded #DOJ policies, & accomplished objectives beyond those authorized, as well as those specifically prohibited, by #law,” Williams wrote.
#Trump #IRS #criminal #fraud #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund
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Williams’ 56-page opinion blasted the behavior of both the #DOJ — stating that the admin’s response to the case disregarded DOJ policies & potentially the #law — & of the private attorneys who brought the lawsuit on #Trump’s behalf.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28468904-trump-v-irs-order/
#IRS #law #criminal #fraud #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund
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Williams’ 56-page opinion blasted the behavior of both the #DOJ — stating that the admin’s response to the case disregarded DOJ policies & potentially the #law — & of the private attorneys who brought the lawsuit on #Trump’s behalf.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28468904-trump-v-irs-order/
#IRS #law #criminal #fraud #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund
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"This action was never about a party seeking judicial resolution of a legal issue or a factual dispute," Williams wrote. The judge said it was instead an attempt to "provide some legitimacy to an agreement to confer #immunity to people & entities affiliated with the president & to earmark billions of dollars from American #taxpayers to redress grievances not defined in the #law."
#Trump #criminal #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #SlushFund
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"This action was never about a party seeking judicial resolution of a legal issue or a factual dispute," Williams wrote. The judge said it was instead an attempt to "provide some legitimacy to an agreement to confer #immunity to people & entities affiliated with the president & to earmark billions of dollars from American #taxpayers to redress grievances not defined in the #law."
#Trump #criminal #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #SlushFund
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US District Judge Kathleen Williams found that #Trump & the #IRS, which he oversees as president, were not truly adverse to each other as is required in #civil lawsuits under the #US #Constitution. Williams referred a Trump lawyer in the case & senior #DOJ officials who signed off on the settlement to state #bar authorities to determine if their actions violated #LegalEthics rules.
#law #criminal #fraud #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #SlushFund
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US District Judge Kathleen Williams found that #Trump & the #IRS, which he oversees as president, were not truly adverse to each other as is required in #civil lawsuits under the #US #Constitution. Williams referred a Trump lawyer in the case & senior #DOJ officials who signed off on the settlement to state #bar authorities to determine if their actions violated #LegalEthics rules.
#law #criminal #fraud #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #SlushFund
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We are still waiting for this decision.
Since then, Abhishek Kambli has left the DOJ and was replaced by Stanley E. Woodward, Jr. who was the lawyer who signed the #Jan6 #SlushFund "settlement" associated with Trump v. IRS — a case where nobody from the DOJ even showed up to defend it. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/
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We are still waiting for this decision.
Since then, Abhishek Kambli has left the DOJ and was replaced by Stanley E. Woodward, Jr. who was the lawyer who signed the #Jan6 #SlushFund "settlement" associated with Trump v. IRS — a case where nobody from the DOJ even showed up to defend it. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/
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And Internal Revenue Manual, § 3.28.3.5.3 is support for the proposition in Trump c. IRS (the fig leaf for the #Jan6 #SlushFund "settlement") that auditing Trump every year is *mandatory* ; the § is the context to know that you are looking at a hierarchical reference, a branch on a "tree", not of life but IRS regulations.
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And Internal Revenue Manual, § 3.28.3.5.3 is support for the proposition in Trump c. IRS (the fig leaf for the #Jan6 #SlushFund "settlement") that auditing Trump every year is *mandatory* ; the § is the context to know that you are looking at a hierarchical reference, a branch on a "tree", not of life but IRS regulations.
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"In response to Pres. Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion fund benefiting individuals connected to the #January6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation implementing California’s response. The new law imposes a 100% California tax on distributions from the fund, ensuring California will not provide tax benefits associated with payments to individuals convicted of crimes related to the attack":
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/06/30/governor-newsom-signs-legislation-ensuring-california-wont-subsidize-trumps-january-6-slush-fund/
#crime #SlushFund #politics copy: @renewedresistance -
"In response to Pres. Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion fund benefiting individuals connected to the #January6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation implementing California’s response. The new law imposes a 100% California tax on distributions from the fund, ensuring California will not provide tax benefits associated with payments to individuals convicted of crimes related to the attack":
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/06/30/governor-newsom-signs-legislation-ensuring-california-wont-subsidize-trumps-january-6-slush-fund/
#crime #SlushFund #politics copy: @renewedresistance -
https://www.europesays.com/people/135358/ Newsom signs off on 100% California tax for money from Trump’s $1.8-billion ‘slush fund’ #CaliforniaTax #GavinNewsom #income #JurowKleiman #JusticeDepartment #law #money #newsom #payment #plan #PoliticalAlly #SettlementFund #SlushFund #statement #Tax #Trump
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#neoNazis #J6 #SlushFund #TrumpRegime
"No rewarding the far-right rioters: judge orders trial over Trump’s January 6 ‘slush fund’
A federal judge has ordered a full trial of the challenge to Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 insurrectionists after the Department of Justice refused to confirm in writing that it was dead.
The Trump administration’s $1.8 billion slush fund to ‘compensate’ convicted January 6 insurrectionists and other alleged victims of “lawfare” is heading for full trial after a federal judge ruled that the Department of Justice’s refusal to confirm in writing that the fund is dead left her no alternative.
The fund, called the anti-weaponisation fund, was announced in May as part of a settlement of Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns.
That settlement also contained provisions shielding Trump, his family and his companies from audits on all earlier tax returns. Effectively, it is a free pass on any tax evasion which may have taken place in the past.
(. . .)
The litigation takes place against the backdrop of a separate threat to the fund’s very existence.
The fund’s legal basis rests entirely on the IRS settlement, but that settlement has always been legally peculiar: both plaintiff and defendant were effectively controlled by the same administration, raising serious questions about whether the case involved genuinely adversarial parties at all.
Judge Kathleen Williams in Florida, who oversaw the
original IRS lawsuit, has now been asked by 35 former federal judges to reopen it on precisely those grounds, that the settlement may have constituted a fraud on her court.She has agreed to examine the question and ordered Trump’s lawyers to respond.
During her June 12 hearing, Brinkema noted pointedly that 'the only reason this fund exists is because of a settlement of a lawsuit that is now seriously under scrutiny in another court.'
If Williams concludes the underlying lawsuit was invalid, the settlement collapses, and with it, the entire legal basis for the fund’s existence."
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#neoNazis #J6 #SlushFund #TrumpRegime
"No rewarding the far-right rioters: judge orders trial over Trump’s January 6 ‘slush fund’
A federal judge has ordered a full trial of the challenge to Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 insurrectionists after the Department of Justice refused to confirm in writing that it was dead.
The Trump administration’s $1.8 billion slush fund to ‘compensate’ convicted January 6 insurrectionists and other alleged victims of “lawfare” is heading for full trial after a federal judge ruled that the Department of Justice’s refusal to confirm in writing that the fund is dead left her no alternative.
The fund, called the anti-weaponisation fund, was announced in May as part of a settlement of Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns.
That settlement also contained provisions shielding Trump, his family and his companies from audits on all earlier tax returns. Effectively, it is a free pass on any tax evasion which may have taken place in the past.
(. . .)
The litigation takes place against the backdrop of a separate threat to the fund’s very existence.
The fund’s legal basis rests entirely on the IRS settlement, but that settlement has always been legally peculiar: both plaintiff and defendant were effectively controlled by the same administration, raising serious questions about whether the case involved genuinely adversarial parties at all.
Judge Kathleen Williams in Florida, who oversaw the
original IRS lawsuit, has now been asked by 35 former federal judges to reopen it on precisely those grounds, that the settlement may have constituted a fraud on her court.She has agreed to examine the question and ordered Trump’s lawyers to respond.
During her June 12 hearing, Brinkema noted pointedly that 'the only reason this fund exists is because of a settlement of a lawsuit that is now seriously under scrutiny in another court.'
If Williams concludes the underlying lawsuit was invalid, the settlement collapses, and with it, the entire legal basis for the fund’s existence."
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As always, @LizDye is there to tell it like it is.
> The government *could have* filed the declarations. It *could have* filed a motion for reconsideration, objecting to the requirement, preferably before June 19. Instead, it decided to put two middle fingers up and slap Woodward’s name on it.
> Shockingly, this failed to do the trick.
> Judge Brinkema noted that Woodward’s bluster about “serious penalties for falsity” substantially overstates the matter, since counsel are immune from criminal prosecution for statements made during litigation and Blanche pointedly refused to reduce his statements to writing.
> In short, the #SlushFund may or may not be dead. But thanks to Woodward’s shenanigans, the lawsuit to block it is very much alive.
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As always, @LizDye is there to tell it like it is.
> The government *could have* filed the declarations. It *could have* filed a motion for reconsideration, objecting to the requirement, preferably before June 19. Instead, it decided to put two middle fingers up and slap Woodward’s name on it.
> Shockingly, this failed to do the trick.
> Judge Brinkema noted that Woodward’s bluster about “serious penalties for falsity” substantially overstates the matter, since counsel are immune from criminal prosecution for statements made during litigation and Blanche pointedly refused to reduce his statements to writing.
> In short, the #SlushFund may or may not be dead. But thanks to Woodward’s shenanigans, the lawsuit to block it is very much alive.
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"Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, announced that he will file a discharge petition... to force a #House vote on his legislation to permanently block Trump’s effort to create a $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded #SlushFund for #Jan6 rioters... and terminate the unprecedented “Super Pardon” bestowed by Acting AG #ToddBlanche upon [ #Trump], his family and all of their businesses, on all matters, for all time"
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-to-file-discharge-petition-to-block-trump-s-18-billion-slush-fund-prevent-all-such-corrupt-self-dealing-settlement-payouts-and-end-unprecedented-super-pardon-for-trump-his-family-and-his-businesses -
"Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, announced that he will file a discharge petition... to force a #House vote on his legislation to permanently block Trump’s effort to create a $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded #SlushFund for #Jan6 rioters... and terminate the unprecedented “Super Pardon” bestowed by Acting AG #ToddBlanche upon [ #Trump], his family and all of their businesses, on all matters, for all time"
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-to-file-discharge-petition-to-block-trump-s-18-billion-slush-fund-prevent-all-such-corrupt-self-dealing-settlement-payouts-and-end-unprecedented-super-pardon-for-trump-his-family-and-his-businesses -
Cash Patel: FBI Director Apparently Paying Off FBI Allies With Personal Slush Fund
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Cash Patel: FBI Director Apparently Paying Off FBI Allies With Personal Slush Fund
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Yesterday, Judge #Brinkema in #Floyd v. #DOJ explained why #ToddBlanche is completely wrong that his unsworn assurances are sufficient to render the lawsuit against the #SlushFund moot and so it must proceed, perhaps with depositions of the very people for whom Blanche's flailing about the separation of powers was meant to shield.
2026/06/24, Doc 96, Order in Floyd v. Department of Justice (26-cv-01399) District Court, E.D. Virginia https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73383692/floyd-v-department-of-justice/
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Yesterday, Judge #Brinkema in #Floyd v. #DOJ explained why #ToddBlanche is completely wrong that his unsworn assurances are sufficient to render the lawsuit against the #SlushFund moot and so it must proceed, perhaps with depositions of the very people for whom Blanche's flailing about the separation of powers was meant to shield.
2026/06/24, Doc 96, Order in Floyd v. Department of Justice (26-cv-01399) District Court, E.D. Virginia https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73383692/floyd-v-department-of-justice/
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Today in #Trump v. #IRS (26-cv-20609) District Court, S.D. Florida https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/
"Thanks for your concern, but your help is not needed at this time."
Or in Judge Williams' own words:
> This matter is before the Court on the various motions ("Motions") for leave to file briefings as amici curiae (DE 91 ); DE 95 ; DE 101 ). The Court greatly appreciates the assistance that these attorneys have offered through their proposed filings. However, the Court has determined that this case has been sufficiently briefed and there is no need for additional amici briefing.
> Accordingly, the Motions (DE 91 ; DE 95 ; DE 101 ) are DENIED.
91 was Biazzo, a lawyer in private practice who points out that the settlement apology and no-payout terms invalidate the #SlushFund
95 was 4 former DOJ and Treasury officials and 2 public interest groups
101 was 23 current state AGs.
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Today in #Trump v. #IRS (26-cv-20609) District Court, S.D. Florida https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/
"Thanks for your concern, but your help is not needed at this time."
Or in Judge Williams' own words:
> This matter is before the Court on the various motions ("Motions") for leave to file briefings as amici curiae (DE 91 ); DE 95 ; DE 101 ). The Court greatly appreciates the assistance that these attorneys have offered through their proposed filings. However, the Court has determined that this case has been sufficiently briefed and there is no need for additional amici briefing.
> Accordingly, the Motions (DE 91 ; DE 95 ; DE 101 ) are DENIED.
91 was Biazzo, a lawyer in private practice who points out that the settlement apology and no-payout terms invalidate the #SlushFund
95 was 4 former DOJ and Treasury officials and 2 public interest groups
101 was 23 current state AGs.
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Trump Still Wants His MAGA Slush Fund… And His Cabinet Refuses To Sign Declarations That It’s Gone
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Trump Still Wants His MAGA Slush Fund… And His Cabinet Refuses To Sign Declarations That It’s Gone
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This photo from the New York Times shows Pres. Donald Trump wasting more of our money. Trump has many soldiers standing around in the White House as decorations, making him feel important. Trump wastes money in both big ways and small. One big way is Trump's #SlushFund #RewardingViolenceAgainstThePolice. #politics
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This photo from the New York Times shows Pres. Donald Trump wasting more of our money. Trump has many soldiers standing around in the White House as decorations, making him feel important. Trump wastes money in both big ways and small. One big way is Trump's #SlushFund #RewardingViolenceAgainstThePolice. #politics
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Sen. Chuck Schumer: "The most corrupt president in our history refuses to back away from his most corrupt scheme yet. 'Todd Blanche’s refusal to put in writing is a clear admission that he’ll do everything in his power to ensure his boss’s pay off plot will go forward'.”
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Sen. Chuck Schumer: "The most corrupt president in our history refuses to back away from his most corrupt scheme yet. 'Todd Blanche’s refusal to put in writing is a clear admission that he’ll do everything in his power to ensure his boss’s pay off plot will go forward'.”
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"Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress are resisting Pres. Trump’s calls to raise the Pentagon’s budget to its highest level in modern history, signaling a looming fight over military spending as the administration refuses to detail the cost of the war with Iran":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/us/politics/military-budget-congress-iran-trump-hegseth.html
#DefenseBudget = #SlushFund
If we give Trump too much money for defense, he will start more wars after the #IranWar, which was a disaster.
#politics copy: @renewedresistance #Cuba #Greenland -
"Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress are resisting Pres. Trump’s calls to raise the Pentagon’s budget to its highest level in modern history, signaling a looming fight over military spending as the administration refuses to detail the cost of the war with Iran":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/us/politics/military-budget-congress-iran-trump-hegseth.html
#DefenseBudget = #SlushFund
If we give Trump too much money for defense, he will start more wars after the #IranWar, which was a disaster.
#politics copy: @renewedresistance #Cuba #Greenland -
Background:
Trump v. Internal Revenue Service (26-cv-20609) District Court, S.D. Florida, Document 94 "Reply in Support of Motion for Relief from Judgment or Order, or, in the Alternative, for Leave to Appear as Amici Curiae by Thirty-Five Former Federal Judges"
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/
This lawsuit is the fig leaf used by Acting Attorney General #ToddBlanche to set about creating the #Jan6 #SlushFund fake "settlement" which in part purports to create a $1,776,000,000 "Anti-Weaponization Fund" to be administrated by people picked with little oversight to reward people (i.e. Trump stooges and cronies) with tax-payer money and to lift an estimated $100,000,000 in taxes and penalties owed by Trump and his businesses and shield them from additional investigation for the crimes and tax mistakes "we know of already."
District Judge Kathleen Williams already seemed suspicious (Doc 43) that Blanche's DOJ wasn't contesting things that needed to be contested when Trump moved to dismissed his own case "with prejudice" but without there being even mention of a settlement. (Doc 52)
35 Retired Judges cried foul (Doc 63) Judge Williams said "Let's hear it" (Doc 65), Trump's criminal defense/appellate issues lawyer signed on a response that was disingenuous and pugilistic (Doc 89) but somehow was filed with a date for the 35 Judges to reply that was *different* than the order by the Judge. Suspicious.
Today's filing (Doc 94) is a reply pointing out that Trump's lawyers are grasping at straws and wrong.
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Background:
Trump v. Internal Revenue Service (26-cv-20609) District Court, S.D. Florida, Document 94 "Reply in Support of Motion for Relief from Judgment or Order, or, in the Alternative, for Leave to Appear as Amici Curiae by Thirty-Five Former Federal Judges"
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/
This lawsuit is the fig leaf used by Acting Attorney General #ToddBlanche to set about creating the #Jan6 #SlushFund fake "settlement" which in part purports to create a $1,776,000,000 "Anti-Weaponization Fund" to be administrated by people picked with little oversight to reward people (i.e. Trump stooges and cronies) with tax-payer money and to lift an estimated $100,000,000 in taxes and penalties owed by Trump and his businesses and shield them from additional investigation for the crimes and tax mistakes "we know of already."
District Judge Kathleen Williams already seemed suspicious (Doc 43) that Blanche's DOJ wasn't contesting things that needed to be contested when Trump moved to dismissed his own case "with prejudice" but without there being even mention of a settlement. (Doc 52)
35 Retired Judges cried foul (Doc 63) Judge Williams said "Let's hear it" (Doc 65), Trump's criminal defense/appellate issues lawyer signed on a response that was disingenuous and pugilistic (Doc 89) but somehow was filed with a date for the 35 Judges to reply that was *different* than the order by the Judge. Suspicious.
Today's filing (Doc 94) is a reply pointing out that Trump's lawyers are grasping at straws and wrong.