Judge Sanctions Lawyers for Using Courts Like a Trump-Endorsed Magic Trick
KEY POINTS
- ā¢In January 2026, Trump and his two oldest sons sued IRS over a 2019 tax return leak but dropped the suit by May.
- ā¢Following the lawsuit's drop, the DOJ announced a nearly $1.8 billion fund granting Trump audit immunity and issued a formal apology.
- ā¢US District Judge Kathleen Williams sanctioned the attorneys for abusing the court to legitimize this controversial fund, barring one lawyer from Florida courts for a year.
On a Monday that must've felt like Christmas for federal judge Kathleen Williams, she roasted Trump's lawyers for weaponizing the judiciary to create a $1.776 billion 'anti-weaponization fund'āa pot of taxpayer cash designed to grant Trump and his buddies audit immunity. This circus started with Trump's 2019 tax return leak lawsuit in January; he quit the act in May just before the IRS dropped the jaw-dropping fund, a formal apology, and a big red 'No Audits Allowed' sign. Judge Williams slammed the lawyers for a shameless scam masquerading as justice, blocked Daniel Epsteinās Florida practicing privileges for a year, and banned anyone from calling this disaster a 'settlement.' Amid bipartisan meltdown, the fund got canned in June while Trump's audit-safe card stayed sticky. The judge cited John Adams, sighing that facts are 'stubborn things'ākinda like the IRSās patience.
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(1 of 3)Using a court case as a $1.8 billion get-out-of-audit-free card? That's not lawyering, that's performance art starring IRS taxpayers as the unwitting extras.
Trumpās lawyers treated the court like a magic show, except the only trick was convincing taxpayers their money vanished into a black hole named 'Anti-Weaponization Fund.'
If dropping a lawsuit to hack a $1.776 billion no-audit bribe was a sport, Trump's legal team just made the playoffs without playing a single game.
Source: Axios | Published: 7/13/2026 | Author: Avery Lotz
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