- United States
- Mich.
- Letter
Block the Department of Justice from settling Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS. This deal is a textbook conflict of interest: Trump is suing an agency he controls, represented by a department he controls, with a judge already questioning whether there's even a real legal dispute here. The DOJ is reportedly rushing to settle before a May 20 constitutional deadline — and that should alarm every American.
Rep. Don Beyer called this potentially "the largest single act of grand larceny in American history." He's right. Beyond the $10 billion payout, the White House has discussed having the IRS drop all audits of Trump, his family, and his businesses — audits that could cost Trump more than $100 million if he failed them. This isn't a legal settlement. It's a looting of the Treasury. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has introduced legislation to bar presidents from collecting settlement payments from the federal government, and that bill deserves your full support and vocal advocacy right now.