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24. Judge is taking the position that the lawsuit does not include any settlement

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2026, 08:51 PM

5 hrs ago

The lawsuit was void due to a lack of a "case or controversy" and is not mentioned in the motion to dismiss. The court is in effect ruling that this settlement is not part of the lawsuit and has no force or effect.

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NEWS A federal judge closes Trump's lawsuit against the IRS, noting there's "no settlement of record" because DOJ never mentioned one on the docket. We'll see if that upends the $1.776B fund to Trump's allies.

Again, the court had no jurisdiction in this case due to a lack of a case or controversy. There will be some litigation on this "settlement"

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Trump drops $10 billion lawsuit against IRS [View all] BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago OP

But did the IRS pay the $1.7 billion as a settlement no_hypocrisy 16 hrs ago #1

How in the hell shithole can take 1.7 billion from IRS to pay his cronies................. Lovie777 16 hrs ago #3

Two words: no_hypocrisy 16 hrs ago #6

Totally misleading post, gab13by13 16 hrs ago #2

I didn't read it................ Lovie777 16 hrs ago #4

Here's the real story gab13by13 16 hrs ago #5

This OP is about an actual COURT FILING that happened *this morning* (included in the OP comments) BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago #8

Your comment "Try to keep up" is rude. People get to misunderstand or make mistakes without someone being snarky. 33taw 15 hrs ago #10

It's from past experience and it's not my first rodeo in this respect BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago #11

Well said mcar 15 hrs ago #12

Sadly, your point may be getting lost in the snark. Thank you for explaining what "flood the zone' means. 33taw 13 hrs ago #20

Right now they are "flooding the zone" (this is just from what was posted so far and what I just found the last 15 min) BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #21

Man, you are doing the Lord's work out here. Ursus Rex 11 hrs ago #22

This might be precedence and open up a class action no_hypocrisy 16 hrs ago #7

The leak "in 2019 and 2020" UpInArms 15 hrs ago #9

MaddowBlog-Trump moves to withdraw $10 billion lawsuit against IRS amid reports of new 'slush fund' LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #13

Has anyone explained how he came up with the number of $1.7 billion for his slush fund? FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #14

That's probably where the figure came from BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #15

Not random, just more of tRump's made-for-TV performative bullshit. YodaMom2 14 hrs ago #18

I read about that, not realizing it was the same slush fund FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #19

See! He saved us $8.3 billion dollars. COL Mustard 14 hrs ago #16

Trumps thug sycophants will see money off of that $1.7B about as fast Bengus81 14 hrs ago #17

Trump Can't Be on Both Sides of IRS Settlement, Democrats Say LetMyPeopleVote 11 hrs ago #23

Judge is taking the position that the lawsuit does not include any settlement LetMyPeopleVote 5 hrs ago #24