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Rhiannon12866

(257,762 posts) Sat May 2, 2026, 09:30 PM 15 hrs ago

Trump's $10 BILLION SCHEME Collapses in Court - Legal AF

Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down what might be the most brazen grift of the Trump presidency. Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization sued the IRS and Treasury over the 2020 leak of his tax returns by a contractor already serving five years in prison.

The catch: Trump controls the agencies he's suing, oversees the Justice Department defending them, and his lawyers are now in settlement talks where any payout comes from taxpayers. A federal judge is already skeptical — Judge Kathleen Williams questioned whether Trump and the agencies he runs are even "sufficiently adverse" for a real case to exist.

Brian and Shant walk through the bogus $10 billion math: the statute allows $1,000 per disclosure, but Trump's team claims 10 million people saw the leak. Brian says that's not how the statute works. The Citadel founder, whose data was leaked by the same contractor, got only a public apology. Senators Wyden and Warren called it "bald corruption." Trump himself admitted on Air Force One that it's "very interesting" to be on both sides of a lawsuit. - 05/02/2026.

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Trump's $10 BILLION SCHEME Collapses in Court - Legal AF (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 15 hrs ago OP

Another gov't giveaway to Trump from Trump. Norrrm 13 hrs ago #1

What I don't hear from these legal criticisms and analyses: no_hypocrisy 7 hrs ago #2

Good point, not only that, but everything is much more expensive for the rest of us Rhiannon12866 6 hrs ago #3

Norrrm

(5,397 posts)

1. Another gov't giveaway to Trump from Trump.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2026, 11:47 PM

13 hrs ago

no_hypocrisy

(55,201 posts)

2. What I don't hear from these legal criticisms and analyses:

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 05:55 AM

7 hrs ago

Trump gave massive (and seemingly permanent) tax cuts to the 1%.

The rest of us (99%) would have to pay with our hard-earned money paid for taxes the $10 Billion. (I know, I know. That's a piss in the ocean considering $10 billion paid for the first day of Iran.)

Rhiannon12866

(257,762 posts)

3. Good point, not only that, but everything is much more expensive for the rest of us