Trump’s court losses could kill his slush fund and possibly the Kennedy Center

President Trump took a double-barreled shellacking in court last week.  

In Washington, a federal judge ordered that the Kennedy Center remove Trump’s name from the building. “Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can remove it,” wrote federal Judge Christopher R. Cooper. Cooper also temporarily blocked the center’s board of trustees from closing the space for renovations.

The Trump-selected board of trustees voted last December to add his name. Less than a day later, artisans made the emendation to the building’s marble facade: “The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.”

Never at a loss for words, Trump struck back: “Unfortunately, Judge Cooper and the Radical Left would rather see it DIE than have President Trump transform it into something that everyone could be proud of.” He must have been thinking of the new inflated $250 bill.  

In Florida, another judge teed up for the trashcan Trump’s corrupt so-called “settlement” with the IRS. The deal set up a $1.8 billion slush fund potentially to reward his cronies — including convicted Jan. 6 criminals — and incidentally granting him and his family $600 million in tax relief.  

The way the deal unfolded neatly fits the classic definition of a fraud on the court, albeit an unusual one. Fraud on the court is rarely successful, and the consequences are too severe. It occurs when a party intentionally deceives the judicial system in a way that subverts the impartial administration of justice. A federal judge has the power to vacate a judgment where there has been such a........

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