A federal judge in Florida reopened President Donald Trump‘s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS on Friday to investigate the nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that resulted from the settlement.U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, revived the case in response to a request from 35 former federal judges this week that she look into whether Trump took advantage of the system.In her retelling of their argument, she said the plaintiffs, namely Trump and his family, “voluntarily dismissed this litigation solely to avoid judicial scrutiny of a lawsuit that ‘was collusive from the start’ and was only filed to provide the imprimatur of legality for an unlawful settlement.” Williams also said they asserted the dismissal was “premised on deception.”
Their comments refer to the deal made between Trump and the IRS that established a $1.776 billion fund compensating victims who claim they were victims of federal weaponization during the Biden administration.
The Department of Justice announced the anti-weaponization fund this month, vowing to pay the alleged victims after they were denied justice. The fund, however, has been temporarily blocked by a separate federal judge. That ruling was also issued on Friday.
