- "A settlement agreement is signed by Trump’s personal attorney, the DOJ’s No. 3, and the IRS commissioner to resolve Trump’s collusive lawsuit against the IRS in federal court in Miami and establish an 'Anti-Weaponization Fund.' "
- "Trump dismisses his lawsuit before U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams can weigh in on whether the IRS and Treasury Department are under Trump’s effective control, which would have ended the lawsuit and prevented any 'settlement.' "
- "The DOJ touts the settlement in a press release and issues a bare-bones summary of the 'Anti-Weaponization Fund.' "
- "With obvious reluctance, Williams, whose hands are tied by court rules, orders the Trump case closed.
The DOJ releases the settlement agreement itself."
- "Brian Morrissey, the general counsel of the Treasury Department, resigned Monday just hours after the 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' was announced and only seven months after he was confirmed as the department’s top lawyer.
"A few observations:"
"Six pages! The settlement agreement, at a mere six substantive pages, has to be among the skimpiest legal documents ever drafted for a settlement of this scale. The ratio of settlement agreement pages drafted to dollars committed is off the charts."
"How convenient! The settlement agreement contains a nifty provision that purports to allow only the collusive parties to the agreement — and no one else — to challenge it."
"Conflict of interest much? The No. 3 at DOJ, Stanley Woodward, represented a host of clients, including Jan. 6 defendants, who stand to be beneficiaries of the 'Anti-Weaponization Fund.' "
"A free-for-all! None of the documents released by the DOJ, including the settlement agreement itself, defines 'weaponization,' provides clear standards for reviewing claims, or otherwise establishes any guardrails for transparency of accountability."
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/picking-through-the-wreckage-from-the-worst-day-of-trump-ii-so-far
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