Judge slams Trump's IRS lawsuit as 'improper,' refers acting AG Blanche to bar

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Judge slams Trump’s IRS lawsuit as ‘improper,’ refers acting AG Blanche to bar

By Jacob Knutson July 13, 2026

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-improper-irs-lawsuit-judge-refers-blanche-state-bar/


President Donald Trump and his two eldest sons’ $10-billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was brought for “an improper purpose,” a Florida-based federal judge ruled. The judge also recommended attorney sanctions for the Trumps’ lawyers.

In a blistering ruling Monday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued the strongest rebuke of Trump’s lawsuit from the judiciary yet, characterizing it as an unparalleled expression of self-dealing.

“The nature of the suit itself and the conduct of the Parties and counsel from its filing make plain that this was an attempt to use the Court to provide some legitimacy to an agreement to confer immunity to people and entities affiliated with the President and to earmark billions of dollars from American taxpayers to redress grievances not defined in the law,” Williams, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama, wrote.


The judge ordered that a copy of her ruling be sent to the State Bar of New York, of which acting Attorney General Blanche, one of Trump’s former personal defense lawyers, is a member.

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