{"id":568,"date":"2026-05-27T22:37:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568"},"modified":"2026-05-27T22:37:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:37:57","slug":"deceived-judges-demand-investigation-of-trumps-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568","title":{"rendered":"‘Deceived’ judges demand investigation of Trump’s lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

President Donald Trump\u2019s controversial $1.8 billion slush fund exists as a result of his suit against the IRS. But now 35 former federal judges say the creation of that fund demands a reinvestigation of Trump\u2019s suit.<\/p>\n

Read more MAGA is confused by Trump\u2019s birthday UFC Cage Match project: report<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Court was deceived,\u201d say the bipartisan group of former judges. \u201cDespite plaintiffs not having mentioned any settlement in their notice, the Department of Justice publicly announced a \u2018settlement\u2019 of this action shortly after Plaintiffs filed their dismissal.<\/p>\n

The judges are asking the judge who oversaw Trump\u2019s lawsuit against the IRS to and begin an inquiry into whether Trump\u2019s deal to resolve it can be challenged as an act of fraud.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe purported \u2018settlement\u2019 that was publicly disclosed after this court dismissed this matter raises profound questions about the parties\u2019 candor toward the court and manipulation of the judicial system, which threatens to undermine confidence in the administration of justice,\u201d the former judges legal team argues.<\/p>\n

The former judges filed their motion in Federal District Court in Miami, to a Judge Williams, who closed the I.R.S. case last week after Trump voluntarily dismissed his suit<\/p>\n

Read more Trump\u2019s Board of Peace is flat broke after multiple countries stiffed him: report<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump and his family first sued the I.R.S. in January, claiming they were owed at least $10 billion because a former contractor at the agency had leaked their tax returns and others during the president\u2019s first term in the White House. Contractor, Charles Littlejohn is serving time for releasing the tax informationation \u2014 which showed Trump paid very little taxes that year \u2014 to The New York Times and ProPublica. But Trump argued that the IRS should have done more to protect his information.<\/p>\n

Williams closed the case, but noted in her order that there had never been a \u201csettlement of record.\u201d Within hours, however, the former judges complain that the terms of Trump’s $1.8B deal was posted in an agreement that was signed by a senior Justice Department official. The next day, the former judges say the department released an addendum to the agreement giving the Trump family immunity from all past I.R.S. investigations.<\/p>\n

The judges tell Judge Williams that this behavior reveals the fraudulent nature of the agreement, while adding that she does not have to immediately rule Trump\u2019s settlement invalid \u2014 but they demanded the inquiry into the legality of events begin.<\/p>\n

Critics say Trump\u2019s \u201cslush fund\u201d is a \u201cmultitool for corruption and maintaining MAGA discipline,\u201d not only through open bribery but also in \u201cmore subtle\u201d ways.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump isnow monetizing his Cabinet meetings: report<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about holding people on side,\u201d said Bulwark editor Jonathan Last.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump\u2019s controversial $1.8 billion slush fund exists as a result of his suit against the IRS. But now 35 former federal judges say the creation of that fund demands a reinvestigation of Trump\u2019s suit.\u201cThe Court was deceived,\u201d say the bipartisan group of former judges. \u201cDespite plaint…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n'Deceived' judges demand investigation of Trump's lawsuit - Next Address America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"'Deceived' judges demand investigation of Trump's lawsuit - Next Address America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Donald Trump\u2019s controversial $1.8 billion slush fund exists as a result of his suit against the IRS. But now 35 former federal judges say the creation of that fund demands a reinvestigation of Trump\u2019s suit.\u201cThe Court was deceived,\u201d say the bipartisan group of former judges. \u201cDespite plaint...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Next Address America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-27T22:37:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=568#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=568\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3\"},\"headline\":\"‘Deceived’ judges demand investigation of Trump’s lawsuit\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-27T22:37:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=568\"},\"wordCount\":468,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=568#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/92f0492d105e21b4bb0d072e77dd3e1a.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=568#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=568\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=568\",\"name\":\"'Deceived' judges demand investigation of Trump's lawsuit - Next Address America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=568#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=568#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/92f0492d105e21b4bb0d072e77dd3e1a.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-27T22:37:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=568#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=568\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=568#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/92f0492d105e21b4bb0d072e77dd3e1a.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/92f0492d105e21b4bb0d072e77dd3e1a.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=568#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"‘Deceived’ judges demand investigation of Trump’s lawsuit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Next Address America\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'Deceived' judges demand investigation of Trump's lawsuit - Next Address America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'Deceived' judges demand investigation of Trump's lawsuit - Next Address America","og_description":"President Donald Trump\u2019s controversial $1.8 billion slush fund exists as a result of his suit against the IRS. But now 35 former federal judges say the creation of that fund demands a reinvestigation of Trump\u2019s suit.\u201cThe Court was deceived,\u201d say the bipartisan group of former judges. \u201cDespite plaint...","og_url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568","og_site_name":"Next Address America","article_published_time":"2026-05-27T22:37:57+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3"},"headline":"‘Deceived’ judges demand investigation of Trump’s lawsuit","datePublished":"2026-05-27T22:37:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568"},"wordCount":468,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/92f0492d105e21b4bb0d072e77dd3e1a.webp","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568","url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568","name":"'Deceived' judges demand investigation of Trump's lawsuit - Next Address America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/92f0492d105e21b4bb0d072e77dd3e1a.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-27T22:37:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/92f0492d105e21b4bb0d072e77dd3e1a.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/92f0492d105e21b4bb0d072e77dd3e1a.webp","width":1200,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=568#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"‘Deceived’ judges demand investigation of Trump’s lawsuit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/","name":"Next Address America","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com"],"url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}