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Trump appealed Judge Kathleen Williams’s July ruling that his $10 billion lawsuit was brought in bad faith to obtain a favorable settlement, as the $1.776 billion “lawfare” fund tied to the deal has been scrapped; GOP holdouts are delaying Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination pending assurances the fund is truly dead, while Williams also sanctioned two Trump attorneys and barred treating the settlement as an actual agreement.
A federal judge sanctioned Trump’s lawyers for the IRS settlement case, ruling the lawsuit was improperly used to create legitimacy for a $1.776 billion settlement that grants audit immunity and funds an anti-weaponization program. The order bars attorney Daniel Epstein from practicing in the Southern District of Florida for a year, directs bars to review the matter, and signals possible monetary sanctions, while forbidding calling the deal a “settlement.” The fund has since been dropped, but the audit-immunity provision remains.
A U.S. District Judge in Miami ordered Donald Trump and the other plaintiffs in the IRS settlement case to answer three allegations—collusion/adverseness, deception in the dismissal, and possible fraud—regarding the $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” slush fund and potential relief of up to $100 million in back taxes, signaling a rare clash between the judiciary and the executive; Trump must respond by June 12, with potential appeals or DOJ intervention as observers watch for how the case unfolds.
A federal judge is considering penalizing Florida's Attorney General Uthmeier for potentially disobeying a court order that blocked a controversial immigration law, with the case focusing on Uthmeier's communications and actions that may have encouraged law enforcement to ignore the court ruling. The judge has not yet made a final decision but indicated possible sanctions such as fines or jail time.