In Trump’s Failed Slush Fund Deal, Everyone’s a Loser

Judges are turning on Trump's lawfare schemes

President Donald Trump was dealt a harsh blow on Monday by a Florida judge who found that his nearly $18 billion slush fund was illegal and that the lawyers involved should face consequences for bringing such a case. According to CNN reporter Aaron Blake, this is all part of a larger wall that Trump's Justice Department keeps running into. Judge Kathleen Williams said the so-called "settlement" between Trump and the IRS can't even be called a se…

In Trump’s failed slush fund deal, everyone’s a loser

Monday was a tough day for Trump and his lawyers on both sides of his slush fund deal.

Trump’s Lawyers Should Be Sanctioned

Abuses of the legal system, even at the direction of the president of the United States, are unacceptable and warrant sanctions. Monday’s stunning decision by Florida Federal District court Judge Kathleen M. Williams, a scathing rebuke of President Donald Trump and the lawyers who represented him, should deter Trump — and future presidents — from bringing lawsuits against the federal government with the goal of settling them to their enormous pe…