US judge voids Donald Trump’s $1.8bn settlement with IRS that gave him immunity from tax audits
A US judge has voided a legal agreement between President Donald Trump and federal agencies that granted him immunity from tax audits and allowed his administration to create a since-abandoned $1.8bn (£1.3bn) “anti-weaponisation” fund. The fund, intended to compensate individuals claiming they were unfairly targeted by the government, was unveiled in May in exchange for […] The post US judge voids Donald Trump’s $1.8bn settlement with IRS that gave him immunity from tax audits appeared first on
A US judge has voided a legal agreement between President Donald Trump and federal agencies that granted him immunity from tax audits and allowed his administration to create a since-abandoned $1.8bn (£1.3bn) “anti-weaponisation” fund.
The fund, intended to compensate individuals claiming they were unfairly targeted by the government, was unveiled in May in exchange for Trump dropping his personal $10bn lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
But on Monday, US District Judge Kathleen Williams said the suit was filed for an improper purpose.
She also referred a Trump lawyer to state authorities to determine whether ethics rules were violated and disciplinary action required.
In the ruling, Williams cast Trump’s lawsuit – which he, two of his sons and the Trump Organization filed in 2026 – as far from a dispute between two opposing sides. Instead, she described it as more of an action carried out by lawyers with ties to Trump and those who claimed to have been government targets.
