🇺🇸 Trump sued the IRS over a tax return leak. Dropped the case. The DOJ then announced a $1.8 billion fund, a formal apology, and a permanent ban on the IRS auditing him.
A federal judge today called the whole thing a scheme to launder a sweetheart deal through the court system for legitimacy it couldn't get any other way.
She sanctioned the lawyers, referred them to bar associations, then quoted John Adams:
"Facts are stubborn things."
Source: Axios / Writer: Oliver