Trump Goons’ $10B Mistake Spotted in Court Docs

Kylie Cooper / REUTERSA court declaration filed by the Trump administration has revealed that Customs and Border Protection overstated its tariff refunds by at least 10 billion.The agency announced Tuesday that it had certified 20.6 billion in tariff refunds to U.S. importers that filed claims through its newly launched web portal. It is the first major wave of reimbursements processed since the Supreme Court struck down the tariffs President Donald Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) earlier this year.However, a new government declaration filed with the U.S. Court of International Trade highlighted a significant miscalculation in the sums. CBP stated that the value of refunds processed at the start of the program was far lower than reported in earlier updates to the court, according to a Bloomberg report. Read more at The Daily Beast.