Attorneys for Donald Trump are telling a federal judge to back off her tentative attempts to look into the mechanics of a settlement that purported to create a controversial $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” for the president’s allies and supporters.
In January, Trump’s original lawsuit against the IRS was filed in the Southern District of Florida. By the middle of May, however, the case was closed – on the plaintiff’s own request – with the 45th and 47th president opting instead for a publicly subsidized fund that would reward pro-Trump stalwarts and others similarly situated.
Under the terms of the settlement, eligible claimants are people who were subjected to the “sustained use of the levers of government power by Democrat elected officials, political and career federal employees, contractors, and agents in order to target” them for “improper and unlawful political, personal, and/or ideological reasons.”
Waitwaitwaitwaitwait. I’d always been reading the rounded figure of $1.8 billion. It was specifically $1.776 billion?
I hate this fucking country right now; jesus christ.
Actually, the settlement itself doesn’t set a cap. They’re saying 1.776 bulilli9n, but it’s actually unlimited funds for Trump and his minions.
You’re talking about the people that thought epic fury made them sound tough
Wait a minute. It wasn’t Epic Furry?
For his stupidity and crimes he should be fined
$6,942,067,800,813.50
What is the significance of 1.776 billion over 1.8?
The US declared independence in 1776. It’s an important symbolic number for the country.
Right, so it’s a dogwhistle to independence. Thanks for clarifying!
I mean, I’m not sure I’d call it a “dogwhistle”. American independence is usually seen as a good thing, even if it is currently being co-opted by Trump for his bullshit.
January 6 insurrectionists were saying that January 6, 2021 will be another 1776. That’s why this number is used here.
Thanks - I didn’t know about that context. That’s fucked up, and definitely a dogwhistle.
Yeah absolutely, the freedom itself isn’t a dogwhistle, but using it for such a gross misuse of public funds is, is all I meant.
1776 in the United States - Wikipedia https://share.google/U6reJSDH6n4EBePmQ
It’s quite literally their responsibility to put checks on power! The entire reason we have three branches of government.
The court hasn’t demonstrated any authority in decades. Start holding these criminals in contempt for fuck sake.
Isn’t this the part where a bailiff gets to haul the sack of crap to a concrete and bars hotel room for a while, or is that exclusively reserved for us poors?
/rhetorical
Hey SCrOTUS, how do you feel about that? The monster you fucking created is no longer doing your bidding.
Muzzle your dog, dickweeds.
As long as Trump is sitting in the WH everything will get worse and there are less and less people “lawfully” standing in his way and it might be time for the people to take matters into their hands.
The larger issue is that the Trump Empire received immunity from IRS investigations
What about SEC investigations? Like, into the empire of crypto scams they are running…
That’ll get challenged too.
No, they didn’t. They were told and you were told that they got immunity, but that’s not actually how that works. Government workers say lots of things that are not actually backed by law, and are in fact false.
Yeah the fun part about DOJ memos and a non impartial DOJ is the next AG can just write a memo saying “nuh-uh, Blanche has poopy pants and everything he wrote is wrong”
If this Attorneys DONT STOP Disobeying and SULLYING the Court then they’re going to get VERY STERN and HAND SIGNED Letters soon!
Do they even get letters anymore. I thought it was just raised eyebrows and wagging fingers.
They don’t want anyone to look too hard because a lot of that money is gone. Corruptly distributed through numerous corrupt companies by corrupt people in a corrupt manner.
Yeah, ok, you’ll see some of it being dripfed out with a huge ‘patriotic’ fanfare. But most of it is already well hidden.
Judges love beeing told they don’t have authority. It goes really well for attorneys that challenge the legitimacy of the court.
What’s legalese for “Oh yeah? Try me, needledick.”
