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Trump lawyers double down on slush fund that his own DOJ vowed to abandon

Raw Story

June 13, 2026

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Trump lawyers double down on slush fund that his own DOJ vowed to abandon

Trump's lawyers urged a federal judge to reject an effort to reopen the dismissed lawsuit that led to the 1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, according to a new court filing.Attorneys for Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization argued in the Southern District of Florida filing that a group of 35 former federal judges have no standing to challenge the settlement that ended the case and created the anti-weaponization fund. Trump sued the IRS for 10 billion after a contractor leaked his tax returns, which led to the settlement with an agency he oversees as president. However, the judges' theory that the settlement was collusive is not a legal standard, the filing added.It is a policy objection dressed as a fraud claim, the filing described the judges' case. It does not warrant the extraordinary remedy of reopening a closed case.The defense of the fund comes shortly after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told a House Appropriations subcommittee that the Department of Justice would not move ahead with it. Blanche declined to put that in writing, however.

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