A federal judge has reopened Donald Trump’s $10bn case against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), after receiving a third-party motion asserting that the settlement, which lacks detail, “is a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the court”.

The ruling, issued by the Miami judge Kathleen Williams, revives a lawsuit brought by the president and his sons against the IRS after their personal and business tax returns were leaked by a former contractor.

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    If the return was “leaked” by a contractor, then the suit should be against the contractor, not the agency that hired the contractor.

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      LegalEagle on youtube has already talked about this. There is already a law I place that covers this exact scenario, and with punishments and fines already in place. It’s 1,000$ per incident to the victim and up to 180 days jail for the offender. Keep in mind, the law was written to protect the IRS and fuck over the peons who would be glad to receive 1k$ and don’t really have anything to hide.

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      It also should have been filed within the statute of limitations, which is only 2 years. The leak was in 2020.

      Also, damages are capped at a couple grand per incident, of which there was one.

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      You hire a contractor to insulate yourself from lawsuits.

      WHAT? The government has more money than the contractor. NOW I get it.