President Donald Trump is suing the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department, and is seeking $10 billion in damages.
Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization sued the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department in federal court in Miami on Thursday, following the leak of their tax returns by a former IRS employee in 2019 and 2020.
He’s suing all of us. We are the government.
Based on what little I know of this, myself only being versed in Bird Law, doesn’t the IRS enjoy sovereign immunity as a governmental entity? They can just declare that they do not agree to being sued.
Yeah, but they’re an executive agency, so Trump can just fire anyone who says no, until they get to someone who will agree to let the lawsuit proceed.
Their counsel has to provide a vigorous defense of the IRS so they can’t walk into court and agree with Trump.
Are any of their remaining staff capable of providing a vigorous defense?
That’s a point
I’d hope any judge hearing the case under such circumstances would appoint someone capable of providing a vigorous defense if the executive (branch) was unwilling or unable to.
We know Bessant isn’t going to put up much of a fight.
Don’t try to make sense, you’ll scare them!
No. You can sue the IRS for all kinds of reasons related to your taxes. You’re expected to go through administrative channels first, but you absolutely can sue the IRS.
But the defendant can’t issue a counter suit. How is that possible. I hate this timeline. He will get away with it too watch…
All the presidents combined for the last century have only amassed $40 million in wealth while in office despite the whining and complaining by the right about the Clintons or Obama. All of them, combined, a century’s worth…$40 million
Trump has stuffed his pockets with $3 billion in since he got elected. In one year.
What a disgusting billionaire worshiping sick country the US has become, just sickening
Trump: I would like to sue the Office of the President of the USA for $10 billion dollars.
Taxpayers: But, you are the President.
Trump: Oh great, I’ll settle with myself for $5 billion dollars. Send a check.
Taxpayers:
Americans: what a brilliant man.
Art of the deal.
Say what you want, he got himself to become a president. Obviously he did something right.
That something being lying, cheating, frauding, being stupidly lucky as well as removed which somehow is that combo that makes giant idiots rise to the top…
Obviously he did something right.
Hillary: “Donald, my close personal friend and Epstein associate, would you mind running in the Republican primary and sabotaging their campaign so I can be president?”
Trump: “Absolutely. Would love it. Really looking forward to you winning. Unless you don’t! Haha. But seriously, good luck out there. Can’t wait to receive a bunch of kickbacks under your administration.”
2016 was literally “What if The Producers ran for President”?
Technically, he barely did shit other than be his usual asshole moronic self. The evil fuckers (Thiel and co.) in the shadows got him elected.
Watch the fucking system eat itself alive
I’ll never forgive the assholes that voted this piece of shit into office again. I feel dumber every time I read this childish bullshit, and sad for humanity seeing the homuculi that applaud stupidity.
I’ll never forgive the assholes that voted this piece of shit into office
You shouldn’t. These are the new Nazis. Sociopaths completely without respect for anything.
LOL OMG broad day light THEFT of US treasury.
You mean to suggest Scott Bessent and Pam Bondi won’t treat this lawsuit fairly and impartially? How dare you!
It’s not a criminal complaint, it’s civil. The doj has fuck all to do with civil matters.
The DOJ defends civil litigation against the federal government as well.
The oig hires outside for politically involved cases. The doj has to stay at a distance and that doesn’t negate the obligation to provide proof of actual damages.
That sounds like a very reasonable custom and norm for an independent, non-conflicted DOJ. (Sorry, deadpan is hard online.)
It’s not custom it’s legal precedent, if they ignore it that just means eventually he’s up for clawback with interest and any profit.
Thanks, this is not a sealion question: do you have something to further read about this or support this? I’d like to understand how the DOJ is actually bound. The DOJ has been run by Bondi as Trump’s private law firm, regardless of their mandate, and I expect that to continue.
My initial suspicion is that anything short of a Supreme Court ruling (and possibly not even that) will force compliance by the DOJ, but after-the-fact compliance may be meaningless as well. It’d be quite typical for Trump/Bondi to fully “defend” and settle the case with taxpayer money already in Trump’s account before any challenges complete, followed by appeals, etc.
What is that supposed to mean, use your words.
We’ll see what happens…
You mean the tax returns he was supposed to voluntarily release, himself?
There’ve got to be laws against that, right?
SCOTUS: “There are not”
SCOTUS: “There are not”
- “Just give us our cut”
I am so sick and tired of this fucking LEECH. Everything about that thing is horrid. Every little thing. Zero redeeming qualities. He is a disgusting parasite.
The world would be better place…
His stupidity, lack of historical knowledge, and his vainglory that has led him to surround himself with Yes Men and the like are all redeeming qualities in a sense because they stop him from achieving his callous agenda as much. But no he does not have any traditional virtue.
Eat my ass you irredeemable cunt
He’s stealing our money
OUR. FUCKING. MONEY.
obligatory: fuck izrael too
Yea but at least some poor person isn’t getting your hard-earned dollar to get treatment for something for free. /s
They will end up settling out of court for half that and he’ll laugh all the way to the bank. Another grift executed.
A 0.1% settlement is still $10m.
More than all the tax he paid since 2016.
That’s be true even if he ‘only’ got $10K.
10 mil ain’t shit to him
He just accepted a gold bar and Rolex in exchange for removing tariffs on Switzerland. Even if that were a 1 kilo gold bar, that’s $160,000. He got all his tech goons to contribute $1M to his inauguration.
Correct, but it is “never work another day” money to billions of people.
What damages? How about we dig into all the fraud on avoiding paying taxes on all that money daddy gave him?
Nitpick: if it’s criminal then it’s tax evasion, not tax avoidance.
