Update (1130ET):The DOJ announces that as a part of the settlement agreement in President Donald Trump v. the IRS,the Attorney General established“The Anti-Weaponization Fund”to provide a systematic process to hear and redress claims of others who suffered weaponization and lawfare.
“The machinery of government should never be weaponized against any American, and it is this Department’s intention to make right the wrongs that were previously done while ensuring this never happens again,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “As part of this settlement, we are setting up a lawful process for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress.”
“The use of government power to target individuals or entities for improper and unlawful political, personal, or ideological reasons should not be tolerated by any Administration,”said Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter.
Bloomberg reports that the fund will receive $1.776 billion and will come from the judgment fund, which is a perpetual appropriation allowing DOJ to settle and pay cases.
Thefund will have the power to issue formal apologies and monetary relief owed to claimants.
The Fund will consist of a Commission of five members appointed by the Attorney General.One Member will be chosen in consultation with congressional leadership.The President can remove any member, but a replacement must be chosen the same way as the replaced member was selected.
As Tom Ozimek detailed earlier via The Epoch Times,President Trump’s attorneys on Monday filed a court notice voluntarily dismissing his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department, in a case that accused the agencies of failing to prevent a former contractor from leaking Trump’s tax returns to the media.
No reason was stated in the May 18 motion, which asks the court to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning Trump and the other plaintiffs cannot bring the same claims again in the future. A court filing in Aprilindicatedthat talks were underway to settle the case, with the parties stating at the time that discussions were taking place “productively to avoid protracted ligitation.”
Monday’s filing said the IRS and Treasury Department had neither filed an answer nor moved for summary judgment, allowing the plaintiffs to dismiss the action unilaterally without requiring court approval or government consent.
Trump, along with two of his sons and the Trump family business,suedthe IRS and the Treasury Department in January, accusing both agencies of failing to take mandatory precautions to prevent former IRS contractor Charles “Chaz” Littlejohn from illegally obtaining access to their tax records and disclosing that information to The New York Times and ProPublica.
Source: ZeroHedge News
