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    'A $1,700,000,000 Fraud on the American Taxpayer': Trump to Drop IRS Suit in Exchange for MAGA Slush Fund
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    ‘A $1,700,000,000 Fraud on the American Taxpayer’: Trump to Drop IRS Suit in Exchange for MAGA Slush Fund

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    3. omgaporksword on

      Any other nation in the world, you’d be removed from office and thrown into jail for such crimes. The USA just shugs its shoulders and continues on. Any wonder why nobody respects, trusts, likes, or can work with you bunch of weirdos?!

    4. Adventurous_Test_296 on

      Trump’s lawyers. Including (perhaps especially) Acting AG Blanche have lined up this $1.7 billion payout and no one will have say. Scream for hearings to your Congressperson people. This is the worst graft in history, and we’re paying!

    7. 3MATX on

      Call your representatives. Yes they won’t call you back and it’s likely to do nothing.  But this action hurts every single law abiding citizen in this country.  Your representative is supposed to prevent this. You need to tell them they are failing on a daily basis. 

    9. Interesting-Risk6446 on

      I hope the families (fallen Capitol Police)and Capitol Police who were beaten by insurrectionists sue to get their money out of this fund.

    12. Kozmic_River on

      I feel like, more than just the obscene greed, this will set a dangerous precedent of legitimizing Trump’s baseless accusations of Biden “going after Republicans” while he, himself, continues to use the government to attack, intimidate, suppress, and silence his critics.

    13. tsegelke on

      Is there any historical precedence to this? When it comes to the federal government paying out to one individual, what are some of the biggest settlements? How did they come to the original 10 billy? Why 1.7? Is this another Trump Math problem that requires a doctorate in some new theoretical math field that my pea brain can’t comprehend?

    14. clintgreasewoood on

      Drops his lawsuit for **now** apparently there’s a caveat in this “settlement” where he can comeback and sue for more money.

    15. leaonas on

      They spent $250M on anti-trans ads for the 2024 election. The airwaves are going to be saturated with trans hatred!

    16. Rare_Contract_8657 on

      Every single headline these days has me going “I’m tired, boss.” This one is no exception. The American people did not consent to this robbery.

    17. KamKorn on

      So this is his salary that he gave up with 1000% interest ? The smartest president

    19. RociBuldidi on

      In with the customary, “can you freaking imagine if Clinton, Biden or Obama had personally sued the government as President and then personally directed a billion dollar settlement to benefit him?

      Where is the Tea Party now? Where are the Constitutionalists now? Where is the outraged MAGa that spent $80M and 6 years investigating Biden “pay for play” where they claimed he had benefited by $5M, yet found nothing?

    20. pseud_o_nym on

      Will this be the thing that breaks people? I mean, come on. This is so blatantly insanely wrong.

    21. 10v1 on

      Not just that, when he drops the suit, they cannot investigate him, his businesses, his family or their businesses.

    23. LeWahooligan0913 on

      If there isn’t massive clawback and punitive measures in the next administration, this country is finished

    24. RadicalRectangle on

      So basically, everything DOGE “saved” will end up going right into this black hole, am I getting that right?

    27. RiveryJerald on

      The fact that he was elected again, that he does this kind of shit, that he gets away with it, and no one (including the populace) does fucking anything about it is such a damning indictment of American society, dude.

    28. yardimatt on

      So all the January 6 rioters that were already pardoned are going to get rich now. You can’t make this shit up.

    30. coffeestraightup on

      Reading this article after I just got a letter that I’ve been kicked off medicaid. I make 24k a year and have always paid taxes. Cool cool cool

    31. binzersguy on

      Sadly, blue states pay 60% of the federal budget, so even in this instance the majority of MAGA folks get out of it lightly. Meanwhile the blue states are also paying welfare for many failed red states. 🤦‍♂️

    32. Ok-Opposite2309 on

      “CEO sues Company they run for Billions for discrimination- Company attorneys settle for $1b with CEO. “

      Fucking Criminal

    33. etxipcli on

      How’s this being reported on Fox News? There’s no way they can spin this is there?

    34. MrLurid on

      The criminals are running the show.

      Fraud and scams are now rewarded. Cryptobros are rejoicing.

    36. oldlumberman on

      The us government blackmailing itself to cover up a con by a rapist to promote a corrupt racist agenda.

    37. stein63 on

      This shouldn’t even be a thing. A president can’t sue the government he controls, then use the “settlement” to build a taxpayer-funded loyalty fund. That’s corruption, plain and simple.

    39. BrickEmotional2965 on

      Man those few grasshoppers are sure running some numbers over you ants who have the real numbers

    40. Green-Collection4444 on

      This is JUST 1.7 Billion funneled from the taxpayer to this administration and it’s corporate oligarchs. There’s also 160 billion that was passed down to us, then refunded to the corporate oligarchs. There’s also $50 more per barrel in oil passed down to us, then pocketed by the corporate oligarchs. Have we mentioned the market manipulation yet? Or the meme coin? How about the golden phone?

      The level of blatant corruption taking place right in front of our eyes is astonishing.