Trump Moves to Drop $10 Billion US Lawsuit Against IRS

Trump is returning from Beijing where he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss trade deals in various sectors.

The move came amid a backlash over reports that the Department of Justice was negotiating a settlement with Trump that would see the federal government pay $1.7 billion toward a fund that could be used to compensate allies of Trump who allege wrongful treatment by the Biden administration.

The judge, Kathleen Williams, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama, had asked those lawyers to provide their input ahead of a hearing this month meant to examine whether the president and the federal government were “sufficiently adverse to each other” for the lawsuit to proceed.

The disclosure was made in a federal court filing in Florida, where the lawsuit was initially lodged last year