President Trump has settled his lawsuit with the Department of Justice over the prosecution of himself and others through what he alleges is lawfare. The settlement requires the DOJ to create a $1.9 billion fund that will be used to compensate those prosecuted by the Biden administration for “political reasons.”
The fund is being challenged in the courts. More telling is the GOP’s lukewarm reaction to the rJ6 reparations fund, with the left calling it a de facto political slush fund.
HERO: Trump Creates $1.8 Billion Fund to Fight Weaponization In Exchange For Dropping His 10 Billion Lawsuit Against the IRS– gellerreport.com
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Axios reports: President Trump settled his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS on Monday in exchange for a $1.776 billion fund to compensate those who claim they were targets of government “weaponization.” The fund creates an unprecedented, taxpayer-backed mechanism to compensate people who claim they were wrongfully targeted, potentially including Jan. 6 defendants. Multiple news outlets had reported earlier that Trump was considering launching the nearly $1.8 billion fund as part of the talks to resolve his lawsuit.
Trump, his sons and the Trump organization will receive a formal apology but no payment under the settlement’s terms. Trump sued the IRS after a former contractor leaked his confidential tax returns to The New York Times and ProPublica during his first term. The contractor pleaded guilty and was sentenced to federal prison. The filing says the case was dismissed “with prejudice,” which means Trump can’t refile it (Axios).
Wall Street Journal: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will appoint a five-person commission to administer the “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” which will last through Dec. 15, 2028, and have the power to issue apologies and pay people who submit claims. Trump will be able to fire commission members (Wall Street Journal).
U.S. creates $1.8B ‘lawfare’ fund in exchange for Trump dropping $10B IRS suit
By: CNBC, May 18 2026:
In exchange, the Department of Justice is creating a $1.8 billion fund to settle claims by people who allege they are victims of so-called lawfare.
Democrats said the money will be a “slush fund” for allies of Trump.
U.S. to create ‘anti-weaponization fund’ in exchange for Trump dropping $10B IRS suit
President Donald Trump, his two eldest sons and the Trump Organization dropped their $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service on Monday in exchange for the Department of Justice creating a $1.776 billion fund to settle claims by people who allege they are victims of so-called lawfare.
A Miami federal court filing by Trump’s lawyers dropping the lawsuit suggested it effectively barred a judge from analyzing whether the president’s civil suit was legally valid and from dismissing it if she found it was invalid.
The move came days after ABC News reported the DOJ was negotiating the settlement, which was blasted by Democratic members of Congress who called the then-expected deal a “slush fund” for allies of Trump who had been prosecuted under the Biden administration.
Trump sued the IRS in late January over the leak of his tax information by an IRS employee, Charles “Chaz” Littlejohn, in 2019 and 2020.
In addition to dropping that lawsuit, the plaintiffs also agreed that, in exchange for the creation of this fund, Trump will withdraw two administrative claims, “including for damages resulting from the unlawful raid of Mar-a-Lago and the Russia-collusion hoax,” the DOJ said in a statement.
