Trump Set to Drop Lawsuit Against IRS in Exchange for $1.7 Billion for Allies - Including Capitol Rioters: Report

[BumRushDaShow]

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Source: MEDIAite

May 14th, 2026, 8:23 pm


President Donald Trump is set to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for the creation of a fund that will pay up to $1.7 billion to some of his political allies, including people involved with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, ABC News reported on Thursday night. The president sued the IRS in January after a contractor at the agency leaked his tax returns in 2019 and 2020.

His sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, who run the Trump Organization, are also suing. Based on the leaks, the Times reported in 2020 that the billionaire president paid just $750 in income tax in 2016 and in 2017. The leaks came from Charles Littlejohn, a former IRS contractor who worked for Booz Allen. He pleaded guilty to unauthorized disclosures of tax returns and was sentenced in 2024 to the maximum of five years.

On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that the Department of Justice, which is representing the IRS in the case, has been holding internal discussions about settling the lawsuit.

According to ABC News, those discussions have apparently yielded an outcome in which conservatives who claim they were unfairly targeted by the Biden administration will receive compensation. That includes the more than 1,500 people charged or convicted in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-set-to-drop-lawsuit-against-irs-in-exchange-for-1-7-billion-for-allies-including-capitol-rioters-report/

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143607947
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143650892
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143652223
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143656131
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143664313

[Lovie777]

1. Nope, that's not going to fly ....................

2026 November election can't come fast enough.

This whole shithole administration and republicans sure loves to spend taxpayer's money on total selfish, greedy bullshit while stiffing the taxpayers, i.e. affordable health insurance coverage, affordable rent, house payment, the cost of living on the extreme rise, FEMA, et al.

This administration have sucked up monies that taxpayer's fund for Medicare, Medical/Medicaid, Snap, SS, SSI, etc.

Stealing monies because of fraud, recently California, which is bullshit, taking away Blue states funding.

Disenfranchising American because of race.

Enough.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. This is theft of $1.7bn of taxpayer money, instead of the even more absurd $10bn

Trump gets $1.7bn to hand to people who bribe him. Note that the "conservatives" just need to "claim" it was unfair; there will be no pretence of a public process analysing what happened (of course, the real analysis already happened; it was shown that the IRS process was fair, it was just that "conservatives" of the sort who support Trump try to cheat on their taxes a lot more. After all, he's their role model). The Rapist says that was "weaponization", while it's obvious the weaponization started when he got back into power.

If this goes through, the US will have fully transitioned from banana republic to full-on kleptocracy.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Has he even filed a complaint?

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Yes.

Back in January - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143607947

COMPLAINT (PDF) -https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172.1.0_3.pdf

(ETA - I usually stick the references in the Comments but forgot - even had the search in a tab )

[Multichromatic]

5. Bribes for criminal.

[nwduke]

6. The most corrupt president in our history

Is going to pay off treasonous rioters who he financed to come and overthrow our government! Do I have that right?🤬

[travelingthrulife]

7. Payments for the Flying Monkeys who should ALL be in jail.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. The lesser of two extortions is still an extortion. No justification for **ANY** payment to Trmp.

He's just throwing everything at the wall, with no rhyme or reason.