Oregon Challenges Trump IRS Deal That Could Give His Family Immunity and Create $1.776 Billion Taxpayer Fund

As part of a multistate coalition, the Oregon Attorney General filed an amicus brief condemning the manufactured “settlement” agreement designed to create a taxpayer-funded windfall for President Trump and his family in Trump v. IRS.

Oregon Pushes Back Against Trump v IRS “Settlement” in Court

A purported settlement that grants President Trump and his family immunity from investigations and prosecutions related to past conduct and requires the Department of Justice to establish a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization” fund has come under fire.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida is considering reopening Trump v. IRS under a rule that allows a court to set aside a judgment and reopen a case on the ground that parties perpetrated fraud or deception on the court.

A multistate coalition filed an amicus brief urging the court to scrutinize the parties’ conduct and agreement carefully.

The coalition members are offering their perspective as the chief law officers of their states.

They highlight that the self-dealing and corrupt nature of this settlement agreement goes against the responsibilities of attorneys general and the rule of law, and emphasized that this kind of collusion between a President and a Department he oversees undermines the separation of powers, public confidence in the court system, the powers exercised by state attorneys general, and the rule of law.

AG Rayfield “said of the so-called settlement, it’s “not just self-serving, it’s corrupt.” The coalition argues that the lawsuit and subsequent settlement are nothing more than a collusive fraud engineered to violate the constitutional limits on presidential authority, all at the expense of American taxpayers.

Rayfield confirmed, “Every American must follow the law- and that includes the President.”