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

[BumRushDaShow]

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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GRIFT.

[jls4561]

1. Why do the words fox and henhouse come to mind?

[NJCher]

2. not one thin dime

for this asshole.

He should have a stroke before the 90 days are up.

[belpejic]

3. This is just so infuriating

So many people are having a hard time in this economy, and Trump is busy stealing money he does not need from the IRS, probably setting a bad precedent that other super wealthy people will use to further rip off US taxpayers. These people truly have no sense of shame or obligation to the country that allowed them to amass such fantastic wealth.

[SergeStorms]

8. "stealing money he does not need".....

That has nothing to do with it. He wants it. Just like all the women he raped, groped, and trashed, he thinks he's entitled to anything he wants. The thing is, people seldom tell him "NO," because of his litigious nature. Few can afford the cost of his never-ending legal calisthenics, so he gets away with it more often than not.

[yellow dahlia]

4. He and Frank Bisignano (another mobster) are going to work out how much to steal from the IRS.

Our money!

He can steal from the citizens of the U.S., but he can't be charged for any crimes.

?????????????

[johnnyfins]

5. They are fucking LOOTING the Treasury right

Before our eyes. Fucking thieves.

[bluestarone]

6. The SYSTEM is so fucking RIGGED!!

Jesus Christ almighty!! Please BLOOD CLOT stop this Nightmare!!

[Progressive dog]

7. Theft

Just what is expected from a criminal.

[Justice matters.]

26. A gangster, as the UK's PM just said in the House of Commons

All his actions have a criminal intent.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. MaddowBlog-IRS signals negotiations with Trump over controversial $10 billion leak lawsuit

In a court filing, the agency said it and the president’s family are engaged in “discussions designed to resolve this matter and to avoid protracted litigation.”

Remember in February, when Trump filed a ridiculous billion lawsuit against the IRS, expecting a massive taxpayer-financed payout?

The IRS signaled in a new court filing that settlement talks are underway.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-17T18:05:55.234Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/irs-signals-negotiations-with-trump-over-controversial-10-billion-leak-lawsuit

As this list grew, it was hard not to wonder whether these payouts would serve as a prelude to Donald Trump becoming the next recipient, in response to his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS.

With this in mind, Liz Dye, a columnist at Above the Law, flagged the IRS’ latest court filing in the case.

BREAKING: IRS confirms it's negotiating with Trump family to pay a "settlement" in the wildly defective lawsuit over the leak of his tax returns.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

— Liz Dye (@lizdye.bsky.social) 2026-04-17T16:39:25.149Z

The filing acknowledged that the process “remains in its early stages,” though it also noted that the agency and the president are engaged in “discussions designed to resolve this matter and to avoid protracted litigation.”

The phrasing suggested settlement talks are underway......

There’s no shortage of questions surrounding the civil case, including the fact that Trump appears to be on both sides of the litigation, suing his own administration in the hope it will hand him a giant check.

Writing for MS NOW, columnist Paul Waldman explained that the president’s litigation was “so brazen, so shameless, so stunning … that it will stand out in history even in a presidential term drowning in self-dealing.” Waldman added, “This latest act deploys Trump’s favorite financial weapon — the bogus lawsuit — but in a way no one even contemplated before.”

Shortly after his lawyers filed the case, the president told reporters that he assumed “nobody would care” if he receives a lucrative payout as part of the frivolous litigation. We may soon find out whether that was true. Watch this space.

[Callie1979]

21. How is this even LEGAL. Someone please explain it to me.

[travelingthrulife]

28. WHY would the IRS agree to this. oh right, Demented Donnie owns the IRS now.

Nevermind the fucking church in Phoenix that just held an illegal Trump rally at a church.
Screw the evangelical fuckers protecting this monster.

[Buddyzbuddy]

10. What a charade the IRS is performing.

What about all of the confidential information DOGE stole. Where's my $10 billion? What about the voter information the Felon is demanding from states? What about the classified documents the Felon stole and possibly sold or shared with our enemies? What about the dignity the Felon has stolen from so many women?

DON'T GIVE HIM ONE F*CKING PENNY!

[eggplant]

11. How can its release cause him embarrassment...

...when he previously said he would release them but for the "ongoing audit".

[MissouriDem47]

12. Welcome!

To Trump's and Republicans 3rd world version of the United States.

[JoseBalow]

13. He need about treefiddy

[cstanleytech]

14. I'd award them one dollar in pennies.

[Doodley]

15. This is corruption out in the open that we can see. Imagine the level of corruption we can't see.

[choie]

16. If it were any other president doing this - republican or democrat -

they would be impeached. It is theft of the treasury - meaning OUR money.

[OGBuzz]

17. If he gets away with this he will deserve Mussolini's fate.

[Trueblue1968]

18. I agree with you but perhaps follow the French Revolution .....like they did to Louis and Marie Antoniette

[OGBuzz]

19. I thought about it but don't you think the guillotene would be too quick and painless?

[Callie1979]

20. Dull blade

[OGBuzz]

22. 👍 Love it. The duller, the better.

[Trueblue1968]

30. Who cares. The end result is what I care about.

[Martin68]

23. One more pressure point on Trump. Everything is closing in on him from every side.

[Orrex]

24. Why wouldn't he just demand a trillion-dollar settlement?

And why wouldn't he just direct his IRS stooges to pay it?

[Mr. Evil]

25. The next time someone

is behind him on a flight of stairs, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE accidentally trip and push him down them. FUCKING PLEASE!!!

[SunSeeker]

27. K & R for exposure of THEFT of taxpayer money.

[travelingthrulife]

29. Just say 'no' you freaking cowards.