Judge rules that US president, Department of Justice misused courts in settlement that led to 'anti-weaponization' fund.

She also referred his attorney for possible professional discipline.

The settlement was an “attempt to use the Court to provide some legitimacy to an agreement to confer immunity to people and entities affiliated with the President,” the judge…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press aboard the new Air Force One on July 8, 2026. Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesA Florida federal judge in a blistering order on…

A federal judge Monday said a controversial lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump against the IRS sought to “manipulate the judicial process” and that he acted in bad faith in…

Trump’s team schemed the court to force a settlement with his own government to bail him out from tax investigations, judge says

President Donald Trump was blocked from using his settlement with the IRS, which freed him from prior tax liability, in any official way.

A US federal judge on Monday voided President Donald Trump's settlement with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), ruled that the lawsuit had been filed for an "improper purpose",…

A US judge on Monday voided a settlement between Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service giving the president and his allies sweeping protections from audits, ruling that…

A federal judge barred President Donald Trump from citing the case in any future attempt to avoid scrutiny over his past tax filings.

Kathleen Williams sanctions president’s lawyers and says $10bn suit against IRS was brought for ‘improper purpose’

Judge rules that US president, Department of Justice misused courts in settlement that led to 'anti-weaponization' fund.

Judge Kathleen Williams said that the case flouted constitutional restrictions against self-dealing.

Today, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled that President Trump’s lawsuit asking for $10 billion from the IRS was manufactured to justify a “settlement” that included a…

A US judge issued a full-throated repudiation of Trump and his administration in a Monday ruling, POLITICO reported.

A US judge on Monday voided a settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service over leaked tax returns, ruling the lawsuit was filed for an "improper…

Federal judge rules Trump-DOJ IRS settlement was a manipulated lawsuit, sanctions attorneys and questions the $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund.

US President Donald Trump's lawsuit against his own government over leaked tax records was an unparalleled exercise in self-dealing, a US judge says in a scathing ruling.

A US judge has nullified a legal agreement between President Donald Trump and federal agencies that granted him immunity from tax audits and allowed his administration to create a…

President Donald Trump’s ill-fated $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund suffered yet another major blow on Monday, with a federal judge delivering a brutal review of the process…

A US federal judge has found Donald Trump improperly used a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in order to concoct a beneficial arrangement for the president – nullifying the…