Judge agrees to reopen Trump’s $10B IRS case for further scrutiny

A federal judge in Florida agreed to reopen President Trump’s bid to sue the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for $10 billion, siding with intervenors who said a settlement to create an “anti-weaponization” fund tainted the case.

The Justice Department (DOJ) and Trump agreed to voluntarily dismiss his suit against the IRS in exchange for the creation of a $1.776 billion fund where those who claim they have been aggrieved by the government can seek payouts. 

In doing so, Trump and the DOJ effectively sidestepped U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams.

But Williams on Friday agreed to reopen the case for review.  

“The non-party movants explain that although there is no settlement of record in this matter, public documents and announcements indicate that the dismissal of this case was premised on a purported settlement between the Parties,” she wrote. 

“In turn, movants submit that the settlement ‘is a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the Court.’”

In reopening the case, Williams largely returns it to where the case was before the parties alerted the........

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