Trump may settle his lawsuit against IRS for $1.7bn fund to compensate allies
May 16, 2026
In unprecedented self-dealing maneuver, billions of taxpayer dollars could be paid to US president and his alliesThere is growing concern Donald Trump’s massive $10bn lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service may soon be settled by his own administration – an unprecedented, self-dealing maneu
ver for a US president, in which billions of taxpayer dollars could be transferred to the president or his allies.Trump may agree to drop his lawsuit in exchange for the launch of a $1.7bn fund to compensate people he says were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration, according to reports by ABC News and the New York Times. Continue reading... ...read more read less