Stop calling it an f-ing "settlement" [View all]

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https://apnews.com/article/irs-trump-settlement-tax-returns-police-capitol-riot-fc73eb5f35481bb6d8892ac1e14e98bd

...The lawsuit claims the government’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” is an illegal slush fund that Trump will use to “finance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups that commit violence in his name.” It describes the fund’s creation as “the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century” and calls for dissolving it.
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The fund stems from a settlement of Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns.

For the love of journalistic integrity, stop calling this a settlement. There was no "controversy" to settle. Suing yourself and then "settling" with yourself with OUR tax dollars isn't just the most corrupt act by a president this century, it is the most corrupt act in our history. Heather Cox Richardson is spot on on this: