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Miles Archer

(24,231 posts)
Fri May 15, 2026, 07:36 AM 9 hrs ago

Trump expected to drop $10 billion lawsuit, then launch $1.7B 'weaponization' fund for allies "targeted under Biden"

Trump poised to drop IRS suit, launch $1.7B 'weaponization' fund for allies: Sources
The fund would compensate allies who claim they were targeted under Biden.

https://abcnews.com/US/trump-poised-drop-irs-suit-launch-17b-weaponization/story?id=132962661

Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

The commission overseeing the compensation fund would have the total authority to hand out approximately $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds to settle claims brought by anyone who alleges they were harmed by the Biden administration's "weaponization" of the legal system, including the nearly 1,600 individuals charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack as well as potentially entities associated with President Trump himself.

While the settlement is expected to be agreed upon in the coming days, sources caution that the final terms will not be set until they are officially announced.

In addition to a public apology from the IRS, the compensation fund is believed to be the main condition for Trump to drop a series of legal actions he filed against the federal government, including the $10 billion lawsuit related to the 2019 leak of his tax returns as well as $230 million in legal claims related to the 2022 search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and the Russia collusion investigation he faced during his first term in office, sources familiar with the ongoing deliberations said.





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Trump expected to drop $10 billion lawsuit, then launch $1.7B 'weaponization' fund for allies "targeted under Biden" (Original Post) Miles Archer 9 hrs ago OP
Where is Congress? pfitz59 8 hrs ago #1
We have people like Lindsey Graham already going "YUM YUM GIMME SOME." Miles Archer 5 hrs ago #3
I'm not sure my heart can hold up that much longer. When are we gonna storm the Bastille? My pitchfork is ready. KPN 5 hrs ago #2
Pitchforks for everyone! notinkansas 5 hrs ago #4
This truly is, bullshit. Dan 5 hrs ago #5
The entire world with teevees saw these criminal thugs ransack Justice matters. 4 hrs ago #6
Good God, does it ever end with this thin skinned shitbrick? AZLD4Candidate 3 hrs ago #7

Miles Archer

(24,231 posts)
3. We have people like Lindsey Graham already going "YUM YUM GIMME SOME."
Fri May 15, 2026, 11:30 AM
5 hrs ago

He was one of the first to speak out and say "Sure, I'd like some of that cash."

Every Republican with a case of butt hurt over Biden gets a very special reward for being very special as a gift from U.S. taxpayers, while they are paying for Trump's ballroom and giving up healthcare and food assistance so that Elon & Peter & Mark & Jeff can get new tax cuts.

KPN

(17,501 posts)
2. I'm not sure my heart can hold up that much longer. When are we gonna storm the Bastille? My pitchfork is ready.
Fri May 15, 2026, 11:25 AM
5 hrs ago

notinkansas

(1,325 posts)
4. Pitchforks for everyone!
Fri May 15, 2026, 11:52 AM
5 hrs ago

Just STOP this constant torrent of bull and robbing of taxpayer dollars.

Dammit republican representatives - just make this stop already. Enough.

Justice matters.

(10,047 posts)
6. The entire world with teevees saw these criminal thugs ransack
Fri May 15, 2026, 12:36 PM
4 hrs ago

the Capitol, violently attacking LEOs and chanting "hang mike pence" for him wanting to do his job, and now the taxpayers (not the CEOs) overloaded national credit card is going to be used to pay these Fascist-racist felons??

How lower will that unjust system sink?

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