35 former judges ask court to investigate Trump's deal with IRS [View all]

Washington — A bipartisan group of 35 federal judges asked a federal court in Florida to reopen the legal case between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service and investigate whether the two parties' out-of-court settlement was an act of fraud against the court.

In a May 27 court filing, the ex-judges contend Trump and co-plaintiffs failed to mention a planned settlement in their motion to withdraw the lawsuit against the IRS. In exchange for Trump voluntarily withdrawing the lawsuit, the Justice Department last week agreed to create a much-criticized $1.766 billion "anti-weaponization" fund that could funnel payments to Trump's political allies.

"The Court was deceived," the 24-page motion reads, adding that the settlement "commandeers the contrived sum of $1.776 billion from the United States Treasury, to be handed out to recipients chosen by a commission effectively controlled by the President."

Trump effectively sued the government that he leads when he filed suit against the IRS and Treasury Department in January seeking $10 billion in damages over the agency's past leak of his tax returns.

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