A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump to respond to “grievous allegations” that his deal with the government to create a US$1.8 billion fund to resolve his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was the result of a “fraud” on the court. In an order on Friday, US District Judge Kathleen Williams gave the president’s personal lawyers until June 12 to respond to a request by a group of former federal judges that she reopen the proceedings to investigate conduct by the president...
The US government will permanently drop tax claims against President Donald Trump, according to a settlement document that is part of a deal to resolve Trump’s US$10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns. As part of the settlement agreement, the US is “forever barred and precluded” from examining or prosecuting Trump, his sons and the Trump Organisation’s current tax issues, according to a one-page document posted to the Justice Department’s...
The new fund has led to widespread pushback from Democrats and government watchdog groups.