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Today in Politics, Bulletin 418. 7/13/26 Ron Filipkowski Jul 13 ∙ … US District Judge Kathleen Williams voided DOJ’s $1,776 billion settlement with Trump and recommended his attorney to be sanctioned by the state bar: “Court finds that this matter was brought for an improper purpose—to gain the imprimatur of judicial legitimacy for a ‘settlement’ that had no viable basis in law or fact.” … Aaron Parnas for Meidas: “The ruling effectively dismantles what critics had described as a sweetheart deal between the Trump administration and the IRS. At the heart of Judge Williams’ decision is a constitutional finding that there was never an actual ‘case or controversy’ as required under Article III of the Constitution. The judge found that because Trump, as head of the Executive Branch, ultimately controlled the agencies he sued—the Treasury Dept and the IRS—the parties were never genuinely adverse.” … “Williams wrote that the litigation amounted to one side effectively controlling both plain...

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