“Never in the history of the United States has a sitting president sought a monetary settlement from the government he leads — let alone sought many billions of dollars in taxpayer funds,” lawyers for the lawmakers wrote.

#Trump #criminal #law #scammer #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #DOJ #kleptocracy #JudicialProcess #MAGASlushFund

The #MAGASlushFund would represent not only a highly unorthodox resolution but also a further demonstration of the admin’s eagerness to reward allies who before #Trump came to #power were investigated & in many cases charged & #convicted. Most notably, Trump on his first day back in office pardoned or commuted the sentences of supporters who violently attacked the US Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.

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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-anti-weaponization-fund

It is unclear whether #Tron & #BNBChain were aware their networks were used by the central bank of #Iran & #Nobitex, which has not been specifically sanctioned. Doing business with Iranian entities falls under general Western #sanctions. Reuters could not determine why the #UnitedStates has not sanctioned Nobitex.

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Still, the #Iran transactions highlight the conflicted position in which the Trumps’ sprawling business interests have placed the #US presidency. The family-owned #Trump Organization real-estate empire, for example, continues to pursue foreign deals.

The use of the blockchains by institutions in a country the US is at #war with is a “dramatic irony,” said John Reed Stark, a former chief of the #SEC’s Office of Internet Enforcement.

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#Iran money has kept moving through those 2 digital ledgers during the #US & #Israel #war against the Islamic Republic.

Sun & #Binance, the #crypto exchange owned by Zhao, are both prominent backers of #WorldLibertyFinancial, the crypto firm co-founded by #Trump & his family.

There’s no suggestion that the Trump family knew of #Nobitex’s use of #Tron & #BNBChain [🙄].

#criminal #law #scammer #fraud #kleptocracy #emoluments #MoneyLaundering

The substance of Trump’s suit stems from the leak of his tax returns to The New York Times in 2019. #Trump, 2 of his sons & his family business argue that the #IRS should have done more to prevent a former contractor from leaking tax information to The Times & ProPublica.

While federal #law allows for people to sue the IRS when their tax information is leaked, legal experts saw clear flaws in Trump’s suit….

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#TaxpayersMoney #DOJ #kleptocracy

#Judge Williams had ordered the #DOJ, which has yet to make an appearance or filing in the case, & #Trump’s lawyers to brief her by Wednesday to explain whether they were actually in opposition — or were colluding to achieve a mutually agreeable outcome. [oh, they are definitely colluding]

In their filing on Monday, Trump’s lawyers said their dismissal meant that “no judicial analysis is appropriate” for the suit. [IOW no #oversight.]

#law #scammer #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy

The decision to dismiss the suit could also allow #Trump & the #DOJ to avoid a potentially embarrassing ruling from Judge Kathleen M. Williams of the Southern District of Florida finding that Trump’s suit was invalid. #Judge Williams has considered dismissing Trump’s suit because he effectively controls both his personal lawyers bringing the complaint & the government lawyers who are supposed to respond to it.

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The move comes after the White House floated a proposal to end the lawsuit in exchange for creating a $1.7 billion fund to compensate supporters of #Trump who felt they had been mistreated by Democratic admins [what?].

The #settlement would be agreed upon by Trump’s private lawyers & the #DOJ [Trump’s other private lawyers] without feedback from the #judge overseeing the case.

#law #scammer #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy