He shouldn’t be….
A $10 BILLION Steal by a sitting President against the American Taxpayers Govt he’s the President of?
The judge IS politely pointing to a President, trying to steal BILLIONS, with his family , from a US government he controls, in broad light, using lawyers against the Justice Dept, that reports to him……
Donald already tried to get people’s money thru his OWN import taxes that was thrown out by the Supreme’s….
He’s at it again…..
President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leaking of his tax returns ran into turbulence Friday as a judge ordered a hearing on whether the Constitution allows the president to sue the federal government he oversees.
U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams has asked Trump’s private attorneys and Justice Department lawyers representing the IRS to address whether his control over the government’s actions in the case means it’s the kind of dispute federal courts cannot consider.
Williams, a Miami-based appointee of former President Barack Obama, noted that Trump has personally acknowledged the novelty of the situation. Shortly after filing the suit in January, he agreed with a reporter that it was unusual to be on both sides of a lawsuit.
“It’s very interesting,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One. ”We’re thinking about doing something for charity, where I’ll give money to charity.”
Last year, speaking about a separate legal claim he filed with the Justice Department, Trump was even more blunt about the potential conflict. “It sort of looks bad, ‘I’m suing myself,’ right?” he said about that demand, which seeks $230 million over the court-approved FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago and various federal investigations into him…..
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“One such employee of the executive branch, the Attorney General, has a statutory obligation to defend the IRS when it is hailed into court, but then is ostensibly required by executive mandate to adhere to the President’s opinion on a matter of law in such a case,” Williams wrote. “This raises questions here over whether the Parties here are truly antagonistic to each other.”
An additional complication is that Trump is not the only plaintiff in the case: his sons Eric and Donald Jr. and a company that controls much of the family business empire also joined the suit.
Update…
Judge Asks Justice Department: Will You Oppose Trump?
A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to explain whether it intends to contest President Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the I.R.S. over the disclosure of his tax returns.