Trump appears to have engineered a deal that forgives his outstanding IRS tax liabilities, along with those of his sons and the Trump Organization, and shields his family and business from further federal tax scrutiny. But here’s the catch — that deal is now under fire from the inside. Thirty-five former federal judges have asked the court to reopen the case, arguing the entire settlement was “a product of collusion” and “a fraud on the Court.” A sitting federal judge agreed, and has ordered Trump’s own lawyers to explain themselves by June 12. In other words, even the forgiveness Trump tried to lock in might have been obtained by lying to a judge.
Why?
A plain and simple why. Is this only about tax liability? Is that really all this is?
If the tools exist, and they clearly do — why aren’t they being used here? And if it turns out the forgiveness itself was secured by deceiving a federal court — what happens then?
