Super TL;DR — By weaponizing the Unitary Executive Theory over decades, Trump sued his own administration as a pretext to, with his own lawyers on both sides, “settle” out of court to extract a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded fund with zero public or congressional oversight.

Just corruption at a scale that dwarfs the Teapot Dome scandal, even when adjusted for inflation. Gigascale corruption.

Liz Oyer, former pardon attorney for the DOJ says this:

> Hey everybody. I try to bring you the legal news calmly and factually, but today the news is so outrageous that calm is just not possible. Today we witnessed what I would call the greatest abuse of our legal system in history. It rises to the level of a criminal conspiracy between the president and the Justice Department.

> The judge handling the case suspected the lawsuit was a farce. So, she appointed a team of independent legal experts to evaluate the merits of the case. They all agreed that it's nonsense and it should be thrown out. But before the court could toss the case, Trump's lawyers moved to dismiss it voluntarily. Why? Because Trump reached a settlement agreement with the Justice Department, which he controls.

> These five people have total discretion to give this money, our money, to anyone they choose with no oversight, no transparency, and no public input. I don't say this lightly. This is straight up criminal.

> This is a theft of our property. It is a fraud on the American people. It is a criminal conspiracy at the highest levels of our government. As the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche ... has a fiduciary duty to protect taxpayer money from false and fraudulent claims. He has abdicated that duty. He has betrayed the American people. He has betrayed his oath to uphold the Constitution.

> Please do whatever you can to spread the word and sound the alarm. Thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4bnF4IlufC8