With funds from a lawsuit settled between the IRS and President Donald Trump, the Justice Department is creating a method for those who believe they were harmed by the IRS to receive compensation. Sounds like one of those advertisements from television lawyers. Actually, the $1.8 billion figure isn’t quite accurate. Our cheeky President settled for $1.776 billion.

The cache of money is being created from the settlement of a lawsuit. That fund will be called the “Anti-Weaponization Fund”. The howls and cries from the Left tell you just how on target the settlement and the creation of the fund were. The lawsuit against the IRS was filed by Trump and his sons, Donald Jr. and Eric for publishing Trump tax returns. The lawsuit against the IRS was seeking $10 billion. The settlement is for less than twenty percent of that.

The Washington Post takes a dimmer view in “Trump’s deal to drop suit against IRS creates $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’” with the subtitle of “The deal, laid out in a document signed by acting attorney general Todd Blanche, could result in taxpayer payouts to the president’s allies”:

The deal, laid out in documents released Monday creates what officials described as an “Anti-Weaponization Fund” with broad authority to distribute payments to individuals — all with limited oversight and outside of the normal processes for negotiating legal claims against the government.

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Legal experts and ethics watchdogs quickly panned the fund as a product of self-dealing that was negotiated between the president and agencies he oversees at taxpayers’ expense.

“This is one of the single most corrupt acts in American history,” said Donald K. Sherman, president of the nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. He noted that although Trump sued the IRS as a private citizen, the officials representing the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department in settlement negotiations ultimately report to him.

While Democratic lawmakers called on the judge overseeing Trump’s lawsuit to block the deal, she filed an order Monday dismissing the case.

“This is not justice,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) said. He added, “No president should be able to use the Department of Justice as a personal rewards program for the people who helped him attack our democracy.”

Oh, Chuckles, really? Again, from the Washington Post:

Since Trump’s return to the White House last year, the Justice Department separately has paid at least $8.5 million to resolve high-profile legal claims brought by allies who allege they were improperly targeted by federal law enforcement, The Washington Post has reported. Several hundred Jan. 6 accused had already filed claims seeking compensation from the government before the announcement of the fund Monday.

You could say that Trump is saving the government money, Chuckles. You won’t, but you could.

Poor Jessica!

Exactly why did the IRS leak his tax return? Why is he in a position to sue them? Why is Trump targeted? Because people like you are so deranged you can't accept people voted for him. Again and again you are on the losing side of an 80/20 issue.

— Dawn (@Dawn40447) May 18, 2026

More WaPo:

In addition to the IRS suit, the deal announced Monday would resolve two other legal claims the president has filed seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from the government.

One was centered on the 2022 search of his Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation of his alleged mishandling of classified documents, and the second was tied to the federal investigation into Russian interference in his 2016 campaign.

“President Trump is entering into this settlement squarely for the benefit of the American people,” a spokesman for his legal team said in a statement. “And he will continue his fight to hold those who wrong America and Americans accountable.”

The Trumps should get another couple billion for the Mar-a-Lago debacle.

He voluntarily dropped the suit, but it was “dismissed with prejudice” meaning Trump won’t refile it.

Yes, Trump was suing the government he currently leads. The permanent government and Democrats have gone after those on the Right for decades now. The IRS is the worse. Suing them might stop this nonsense. WaPo again:

“President Trump is entering into this settlement squarely for the benefit of the American people,” a spokesman for his legal team said in a statement. “And he will continue his fight to hold those who wrong America and Americans accountable.”

Well, and revenge. Sweet, cold revenge.

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