I’m sure he decided to settle with himself, and the taxpayers are going to have to recover those embezzled funds in the future.
ReaderBeeRottweiler on
The settlement must be good.
titanzero on
So how much of our money did he use to pay himself to drop the suit?
snackerooryan on
Why didn’t he sue for $20B then settle for $10B? Come on Trump, you gotta grift better than that
CraigonReddit on
This is the biggest grift to date. He dropped it for 1.7 billion. If he didn’t drop it, it would have been tossed out, and he would get nothing, as he should. That’s 1.7 billion of tax payers money, to further fuel more grifting schemes. Had enough of this.? NEVER republican.
2LiveGucciCrew on
How magnanimous. 😒
La-Boheme-1896 on
Only because he found a more reliable way of getting money, than risking a judge telling him to fuck off. He’s going to take it from this piece of barely disguised corruption
>The Department of Justice is finalizing a deal to launch a so-called “Truth and Justice Commission” and establish a compensation fund of $1,776,000,000 to pay claims made by alleged victims of government “weaponization” in exchange for President Donald Trump dropping his ongoing lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service
AlternativePizza3391 on
And what did he get out of it
W31337 on
Well his damages can never have been higher than $750, because that’s the highest tax he paid…
Main-Bandicoot6477 on
I don’t know if they decided the PR was too bad for this or what. Sometimes I wonder if some Republican senators back channel messages to the Administration that will block nominees or refuse budget requests or some other kind of leverage. But maybe that’s just fantasy that they have a line, even if it’s driven by their own political interests.
I still wonder if McConnell and others cut a secret deal will Trump for him to go quietly after Jan 6th and then they wouldn’t have to vote to remove him.
HandsLikePaper on
He’s doing this because the Judge likely wouldn’t let the lawsuit or any settlement fly.
The Judge was skeptical of the whole deal back in April:
Still keeping the $1.776B slush fund or giving that up, too?
waterdaemon on
Not dropped. Settled, with himself, for a 1.7Bn unregulated slush fund.
Lonely_Noyaaa on
The leak was real that a contractor went to prison for stealing Trump’s tax records. But Trump was asking for $10 billion in damages, and now he’s dropping the case right when reports of a shady settlement fund started leaking.
MyFirstCarWasA_Vega on
He got many clicks and views and optics which is all he cared about. His heritage handlers finally convinced him to drop it for the sake of their sponsored maga party, or they would be done with him. See. Leverage Trump understands
wezworldwide on
The sacrifices this man makes for America are unprecedented /s
downstairs-mission on
It’s not taco Tuesday though.
Raiin1978 on
So everyone is saying that they “settled” for $1.7 billion but from the article I get the impression he is getting nothing. He dropped the lawsuit. I don’t know law but if there’s a settlement wouldn’t a judge have to sign off on it and there would be a legal summary talking about the settlement?
If there was a behind the door “settlement” of $1.7 billion then that’s a bigger problem. In this situation he would’ve just stolen $1.7 billion in taxpayer money
falthecosmonaut on
So does this mean everything is dropped or are they still getting the 1.7 billion traitor fund?
zonazog on
For once, he caved to public opinion
Radiant-Month-1168 on
At this point he averages 3 individual impeachable offenses every day.
I guess his approach is to commit so many crimes that prosecutors wont know where to start.
LionTigerWings on
So from the sounds of it it was dropped without a settlement? If so i guess they figured the optics weren’t worth the scam.
irishbren77 on
Taco Tuesday came early this week
rbremer50 on
When you have as many scams going at once as Trump does one not panning out is no big deal.
damik on
Now he’ll brag about how he saved the country 10 billion dollars and MAGA will celebrate!
sirhackenslash on
He just realized he doesn’t need a lawsuit when he already holds the keys to the vault
lurch556 on
Has to be the most nakedly corrupt thing in the history of the country. Is anything else close from a non-Trump president? A few of trumps other schemes are close.
overlapped on
Did the $1.7 billion dollar settlement happen?
yeroc40 on
Why go through the trouble of a lawsuit when you can just steal the money?
Historical_Bend_2629 on
In exchange for…
julian2358 on
He’s trying to subvert the judge and simitamelously congress by using the case to create a 2 billion dollar sludge fund for people “harmed by biden lawfare”
you don’t hate this mfer and his supporters enough
ntwild97 on
Looks like he finally attempted something so brazenly despicable that even his spineless enablers had to talk him out of it. So now we know their limit: stealing $1.7 billion of taxpayer money to give to his terrorist cabal
Basically, the dismissal is WITH prejudice–meaning that the suit can’t be brought again in any federal court. There’s no mention of settlement, which seems suspicious here, especially considering that the dismissal filing spends an entire page arguing that the court can’t dismiss the case because it’s already been dismissed by the plaintiff (Trump). It’s a little strange to include a page of legal argument in your notice of dismissal, when you could just write a single paragraph and be done.
Some people in the comments have said that the IRS could still settle the suit with no litigation pending. That was certainly true before this dismissal. However, I don’t think there’s anything to settle if Trump can’t bring this litigation again. Any new settlement agreement arising from this case would be a legal nullity. So, I guess the question is whether they’d already executed a settlement agreement before this notice of dismissal, and just didn’t tell the court.
agent_mick on
To make way for the $1.7 billion “BEHIND CLOSED DOORS” settlement. **
Stay.
Why are we declaring victory when it’s barely the end of the first round?
hoppyfrog on
And now he’ll brag how he saved the taxpayers $10 billion dollars.
Miltthedog on
A scant day before he’d have to appear before a judge to give evidence that the suit is iin anyway warrented an constiutionally valid. Funny how that works., eh?
ciccioig on
Corruption is fine in 2026 USA, congratulations.
moutonbleu on
Hard to believe how easy it is for him to get away with this. There would have been a civil war if Obama or Biden did all of this nonsense
bored_ryan2 on
I’m sure it will be “settled for an undisclosed amount”.
I’m sure he’ll walk away with billions mores stolen taxpayer dollars.
HeyHeyImTheMonkey on
Reminder IRS is funded by taxpayers. Trump is literally after your money.
Sad_Examination7907 on
> The filing by Trump’s lawyers did not say what led to the surprising move, but it suggested it effectively barred a judge from analyzing whether the president’s civil suit was legally valid and from dismissing it if she finds it is invalid.
> The dismissal came on the heels of controversy over reports that the Department of Justice was negotiating a settlement with the president that could see the federal government pay $1.7 billion toward a fund to compensate allies of Trump who allege wrongful treatment by the Biden administration.
Well at least the right thing happened even if it was for the wrong reasons.
Mephiz on
Donald Trump got 4,200 years of his salary because his feelings are hurt
Jesus christ what an asshole
Bakedfresh420 on
He didn’t drop it he settled it. Drop indicates he’s getting no money. Fuck CNBC for lying to the public and trying to cover up Trump’s crimes
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I’m sure he decided to settle with himself, and the taxpayers are going to have to recover those embezzled funds in the future.
The settlement must be good.
So how much of our money did he use to pay himself to drop the suit?
Why didn’t he sue for $20B then settle for $10B? Come on Trump, you gotta grift better than that
This is the biggest grift to date. He dropped it for 1.7 billion. If he didn’t drop it, it would have been tossed out, and he would get nothing, as he should. That’s 1.7 billion of tax payers money, to further fuel more grifting schemes. Had enough of this.? NEVER republican.
How magnanimous. 😒
Only because he found a more reliable way of getting money, than risking a judge telling him to fuck off. He’s going to take it from this piece of barely disguised corruption
[Trump administration to create $1.776B ‘Truth and Justice Commission’] (https://abcnews.com/US/trump-administration-create-1776b-truth-justice-commission-compensate/story?id=133005480)
>The Department of Justice is finalizing a deal to launch a so-called “Truth and Justice Commission” and establish a compensation fund of $1,776,000,000 to pay claims made by alleged victims of government “weaponization” in exchange for President Donald Trump dropping his ongoing lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service
And what did he get out of it
Well his damages can never have been higher than $750, because that’s the highest tax he paid…
I don’t know if they decided the PR was too bad for this or what. Sometimes I wonder if some Republican senators back channel messages to the Administration that will block nominees or refuse budget requests or some other kind of leverage. But maybe that’s just fantasy that they have a line, even if it’s driven by their own political interests.
I still wonder if McConnell and others cut a secret deal will Trump for him to go quietly after Jan 6th and then they wouldn’t have to vote to remove him.
He’s doing this because the Judge likely wouldn’t let the lawsuit or any settlement fly.
The Judge was skeptical of the whole deal back in April:
[https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/24/politics/judge-questions-trump-irs-treasury-lawsuit](https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/24/politics/judge-questions-trump-irs-treasury-lawsuit)
Still keeping the $1.776B slush fund or giving that up, too?
Not dropped. Settled, with himself, for a 1.7Bn unregulated slush fund.
The leak was real that a contractor went to prison for stealing Trump’s tax records. But Trump was asking for $10 billion in damages, and now he’s dropping the case right when reports of a shady settlement fund started leaking.
He got many clicks and views and optics which is all he cared about. His heritage handlers finally convinced him to drop it for the sake of their sponsored maga party, or they would be done with him. See. Leverage Trump understands
The sacrifices this man makes for America are unprecedented /s
It’s not taco Tuesday though.
So everyone is saying that they “settled” for $1.7 billion but from the article I get the impression he is getting nothing. He dropped the lawsuit. I don’t know law but if there’s a settlement wouldn’t a judge have to sign off on it and there would be a legal summary talking about the settlement?
If there was a behind the door “settlement” of $1.7 billion then that’s a bigger problem. In this situation he would’ve just stolen $1.7 billion in taxpayer money
So does this mean everything is dropped or are they still getting the 1.7 billion traitor fund?
For once, he caved to public opinion
At this point he averages 3 individual impeachable offenses every day.
I guess his approach is to commit so many crimes that prosecutors wont know where to start.
So from the sounds of it it was dropped without a settlement? If so i guess they figured the optics weren’t worth the scam.
Taco Tuesday came early this week
When you have as many scams going at once as Trump does one not panning out is no big deal.
Now he’ll brag about how he saved the country 10 billion dollars and MAGA will celebrate!
He just realized he doesn’t need a lawsuit when he already holds the keys to the vault
Has to be the most nakedly corrupt thing in the history of the country. Is anything else close from a non-Trump president? A few of trumps other schemes are close.
Did the $1.7 billion dollar settlement happen?
Why go through the trouble of a lawsuit when you can just steal the money?
In exchange for…
He’s trying to subvert the judge and simitamelously congress by using the case to create a 2 billion dollar sludge fund for people “harmed by biden lawfare”
you don’t hate this mfer and his supporters enough
Looks like he finally attempted something so brazenly despicable that even his spineless enablers had to talk him out of it. So now we know their limit: stealing $1.7 billion of taxpayer money to give to his terrorist cabal
This dismissal is very strange. Here’s the filing for anyone who is curious (it’s also linked in the article): [https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172.52.0_5.pdf](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172.52.0_5.pdf)
Basically, the dismissal is WITH prejudice–meaning that the suit can’t be brought again in any federal court. There’s no mention of settlement, which seems suspicious here, especially considering that the dismissal filing spends an entire page arguing that the court can’t dismiss the case because it’s already been dismissed by the plaintiff (Trump). It’s a little strange to include a page of legal argument in your notice of dismissal, when you could just write a single paragraph and be done.
Some people in the comments have said that the IRS could still settle the suit with no litigation pending. That was certainly true before this dismissal. However, I don’t think there’s anything to settle if Trump can’t bring this litigation again. Any new settlement agreement arising from this case would be a legal nullity. So, I guess the question is whether they’d already executed a settlement agreement before this notice of dismissal, and just didn’t tell the court.
To make way for the $1.7 billion “BEHIND CLOSED DOORS” settlement. **
Stay.
Why are we declaring victory when it’s barely the end of the first round?
And now he’ll brag how he saved the taxpayers $10 billion dollars.
A scant day before he’d have to appear before a judge to give evidence that the suit is iin anyway warrented an constiutionally valid. Funny how that works., eh?
Corruption is fine in 2026 USA, congratulations.
Hard to believe how easy it is for him to get away with this. There would have been a civil war if Obama or Biden did all of this nonsense
I’m sure it will be “settled for an undisclosed amount”.
I’m sure he’ll walk away with billions mores stolen taxpayer dollars.
Reminder IRS is funded by taxpayers. Trump is literally after your money.
> The filing by Trump’s lawyers did not say what led to the surprising move, but it suggested it effectively barred a judge from analyzing whether the president’s civil suit was legally valid and from dismissing it if she finds it is invalid.
> The dismissal came on the heels of controversy over reports that the Department of Justice was negotiating a settlement with the president that could see the federal government pay $1.7 billion toward a fund to compensate allies of Trump who allege wrongful treatment by the Biden administration.
Well at least the right thing happened even if it was for the wrong reasons.
Donald Trump got 4,200 years of his salary because his feelings are hurt
Jesus christ what an asshole
He didn’t drop it he settled it. Drop indicates he’s getting no money. Fuck CNBC for lying to the public and trying to cover up Trump’s crimes