{"id":82353,"date":"2026-05-28T00:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T00:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dozens-of-ex-judges-push-to-look-into-trumps-anti-weaponization-fund-settlement-calling-it-a-fraud-on-the-court\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T00:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T00:13:18","slug":"dozens-of-ex-judges-push-to-look-into-trumps-anti-weaponization-fund-settlement-calling-it-a-fraud-on-the-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dozens-of-ex-judges-push-to-look-into-trumps-anti-weaponization-fund-settlement-calling-it-a-fraud-on-the-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of ex-judges push to look into Trump&#8217;s &#8220;anti-weaponization fund&#8221; settlement, calling it a &#8220;fraud on the Court&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A group of 35 former federal judges <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/72207870\/63\/trump-v-internal-revenue-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked a court Wednesday<\/a> to reopen a legal dispute between President Trump and the federal government that was settled by creating a controversial $1.776 billion &#8220;anti-weaponization fund,&#8221; calling the deal potentially fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>The legal filing adds to growing criticism of the settlement deal, which the Justice Department <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-settles-10-billion-lawsuit-against-irs\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">announced last week<\/a><\/span> to resolve a lawsuit from the president accusing the Internal Revenue Service of allowing his tax returns to leak. At the center of the deal is a multibillion-dollar fund that would pay people who allege they were victimized by government &#8220;weaponization,&#8221; and a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/doj-settlement-trump-bans-irs-taking-action-against-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">promise<\/a><\/span> that the IRS will not pursue claims against the president based on prior tax returns.<\/p>\n<p>The judge who oversaw the lawsuit \u2014 U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams \u2014 had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/72207870\/41\/trump-v-internal-revenue-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signaled last month she planned to look into<\/a> whether a lawsuit between Mr. Trump and his own administration would be legally valid. She said she needed to assess whether the issue was truly a &#8220;case or controversy&#8221; between two adversaries, as required by the Constitution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before fully looking into that issue, Williams <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172\/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172.62.0_6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">granted<\/a> a request from lawyers for the president and the government to dismiss the case. The settlement deal was announced on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Now, dozens of retired judges are arguing Williams should set aside her dismissal. The group includes former appellate Judge J. Michael Luttig, a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/january-6-committee-michael-luttig-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">well-known conservative jurist<\/a><\/span> who has been critical of Mr. Trump, and former U.S. District Judges Nancy Gertner and Shira Scheindlin.<\/p>\n<p>Reopening the case, the judges wrote, would &#8220;allow the court to commence an inquiry into whether the Court was deceived, including with respect to the existence of an underlying case or controversy and any purported arms-length negotiations undertaken to resolve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The retired judges wrote that the settlement deal is &#8220;a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the Court.&#8221; They also noted that Williams&#8217; order closing the case said &#8220;there is no settlement of record&#8221; \u2014 which the former jurists argued means Williams was &#8220;deceived.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The parties here dismissed this case before the Court could complete its inquiry into whether there was an actual case or controversy, and then cited their &#8216;settlement&#8217; of this case as the legal justification for looting the federal treasury of $1.776 billion,&#8221; Wednesday&#8217;s filing reads.<\/p>\n<p>The group of retired judges argued that Williams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/rules\/frcp\/rule_60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has the power<\/a> to set aside a judgment in instances of &#8220;fraud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CBS News has reached out to the Justice Department for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The attempt to reopen the case follows more than a week of controversy generated by the settlement deal and the &#8220;anti-weaponization fund.&#8221; Congressional Democrats have cast it as a &#8220;slush fund&#8221; that could funnel money to Mr. Trump&#8217;s allies, and a growing number of Republicans have expressed <span class=\"link\"><a 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