1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

I am writing to demand that you exercise your Article I oversight authority to investigate and halt a series of unprecedented administrative actions within the Department of Justice and the Treasury Department that threaten the constitutional separation of powers and the rule of law. The executive branch is currently being utilized to settle personal civil claims filed by a sitting President against his own government, bypassing the federal judiciary and corrupting neutral administrative mechanisms. The facts of these institutional failures require immediate legislative intervention: - Bypassing Judicial Independence via Collusive Settlements: The active effort by the Department of Justice to settle a personal $10 billion civil lawsuit out of court, rather than allowing a federal judge to rule on whether the President and his command agencies are legitimately adverse parties, undermines the core tenets of Article III judicial independence. This allows the executive branch to simultaneously act as plaintiff, defense, and distributor of funds, subverting standard checks and balances. - The Creation of an Un-Appropriated Political Treasury: Reports indicating that active settlement deliberations include fast-tracking a $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded compensation fund represent a profound violation of the Appropriations Clause under Article I, Section 9. Diverting public funds into a private treasury controlled by the administration to financially reward political loyalists is a structural failure of fiscal governance. - Unlawful Administrative Interference with Tax Accountability: Ongoing demands for the IRS to permanently waive active tax audits into executive-affiliated businesses directly conflict with Section 7217 of the tax code, which criminalizes White House interference in tax administration. Allowing the office of the presidency to compel the termination of active audits violates the foundational principle of Equal Protection under the Fourteenth Amendment, establishing a dual standard of law enforcement that exempts executive officials from the statutory requirements binding all other citizens. - Subversion of Judicial Precedent via the Judgment Fund: The Department of Justice’s recent authorization of a $1.25 million taxpayer-funded payout from the Treasury Department's Judgment Fund to settle malicious prosecution claims previously rejected by the federal courts constitutes an administrative overrule of the judiciary. Utilizing public funds as a selective executive reward system for political allies strips federal agencies of institutional neutrality. Government transparency and the separation of powers are not optional. I urge you to use your committee assignments to freeze discretionary funding for these settlement mechanisms, demand a full audit of all administrative payouts authorized through the Judgment Fund since January, and publicize all communications between the White House and the Treasury regarding active personal audits. I will be monitoring your public actions on this issue as a direct measure of your commitment to your oath of office and the defense of Article I authority.