35 Former Federal Judges File Motion to Reopen Trump's Lawsuit Against IRS to Block $1.8B Slush Fund

Source: MEDIAite

May 27th, 2026, 5:22 pm


A group of thirty-five former federal judges filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Wednesday, seeking to reopen President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS in order to block the $1.776 billion “slush fund” that the Department of Justice announced it was creating in order to settle the case.

Earlier this month, the Department of Justice announced it had agreed to settle a lawsuit Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization had filed against the IRS for leaking their tax returns by creating an “Anti-Weaponization Fund,”saying it was intended to compensate people who were targeted with investigations or prosecution for political reasons. This has been a highly controversial move for multiple reasons: Trump as president is now in the role of both the plaintiff in his lawsuit and in charge of the defendant government agencies, the fund purports to allow distribution of funds without congressional approval, and January 6 rioters who were pardoned by Trump are seeking a share of the funds — even those who assaulted law enforcement officers.

Even GOP members of Congress have been critical of this fund, with multiple Republicans willing to bash it on the record, and several prominent Trump critics have said they should qualify for compensate because of the way the president had targeted them.

In a 24-page motion filed Wednesday, the group of judges wrote they were pursuing this motion “because they have dedicated their professional lives to the administration of justice,” and “[t]he purported ‘settlement’ that the parties never placed before this Court raises profound questions about the parties’ candor toward the Court and manipulation of the judicial system, which threatens to undermine confidence in the administration of justice.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/lawcrime/just-in-35-former-federal-judges-file-motion-to-reopen-trumps-lawsuit-against-irs-to-block-1-8b-slush-fund/

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