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BumRushDaShow

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Fri Apr 17, 2026, 04:49 PM Apr 17

Trump's lawyers are in talks with the IRS to resolve president's $10B lawsuit [View all]

Source: Yahoo! News/AP

Fri, April 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM EDT


WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump are engaged in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit the president filed against his own tax collection agency over the leak of his tax information to news outlets between 2018 and 2020. In a federal court filing Friday, Trump asks a judge to pause the case for 90 days while the two sides work to reach a settlement or resolution.

“This limited pause will neither prejudice the parties nor delay ultimate resolution," the filing says. "Rather, the extension will promote judicial economy and allow the Parties to explore avenues that could narrow or resolve the issues efficiently.” Tax and ethics experts say the lawsuit raises a plethora of legal and ethical questions, including the propriety of the leader of the executive branch pursuing scorched-earth litigation against the very government he oversees.

Earlier this year, Trump filed a lawsuit in a Florida federal court, alleging that a previous leak of his and the Trump Organization’s confidential tax records caused “reputational and financial harm, public embarrassment, unfairly tarnished their business reputations, portrayed them in a false light, and negatively affected President Trump, and the other Plaintiffs’ public standing.”

The president’s sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, are also plaintiffs in the suit.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trumps-lawyers-talks-irs-resolve-190109463.html



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Why do the words fox and henhouse come to mind? jls4561 Apr 17 #1
not one thin dime NJCher Apr 17 #2
This is just so infuriating belpejic Apr 17 #3
"stealing money he does not need"..... SergeStorms Apr 17 #8
He and Frank Bisignano (another mobster) are going to work out how much to steal from the IRS. yellow dahlia Apr 17 #4
They are fucking LOOTING the Treasury right johnnyfins Apr 17 #5
The SYSTEM is so fucking RIGGED!! bluestarone Apr 17 #6
Theft Progressive dog Apr 17 #7
A gangster, as the UK's PM just said in the House of Commons Justice matters. Apr 18 #26
MaddowBlog-IRS signals negotiations with Trump over controversial $10 billion leak lawsuit LetMyPeopleVote Apr 17 #9
How is this even LEGAL. Someone please explain it to me. Callie1979 Apr 17 #21
WHY would the IRS agree to this. oh right, Demented Donnie owns the IRS now. travelingthrulife Apr 18 #28
What a charade the IRS is performing. Buddyzbuddy Apr 17 #10
How can its release cause him embarrassment... eggplant Apr 17 #11
Welcome! MissouriDem47 Apr 17 #12
He need about treefiddy JoseBalow Apr 17 #13
I'd award them one dollar in pennies. cstanleytech Apr 17 #14
This is corruption out in the open that we can see. Imagine the level of corruption we can't see. Doodley Apr 17 #15
If it were any other president doing this - republican or democrat - choie Apr 17 #16
If he gets away with this he will deserve Mussolini's fate. OGBuzz Apr 17 #17
I agree with you but perhaps follow the French Revolution .....like they did to Louis and Marie Antoniette Trueblue1968 Apr 17 #18
I thought about it but don't you think the guillotene would be too quick and painless? OGBuzz Apr 17 #19
Dull blade Callie1979 Apr 17 #20
👍 Love it. The duller, the better. OGBuzz Apr 17 #22
Who cares. The end result is what I care about. Trueblue1968 Apr 19 #30
One more pressure point on Trump. Everything is closing in on him from every side. Martin68 Apr 17 #23
Why wouldn't he just demand a trillion-dollar settlement? Orrex Apr 17 #24
The next time someone Mr. Evil Apr 18 #25
K & R for exposure of THEFT of taxpayer money. SunSeeker Apr 18 #27
Just say 'no' you freaking cowards. travelingthrulife Apr 18 #29
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