Miami federal judge probes Trump’s $1.8 billion IRS lawsuit settlement

President Donald Trump reacts during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 27, 2026. KENT NISHIMURA AFP via Getty Images

By Milena Malaver

A federal judge in Miami is looking into allegations that Donald Trump defrauded her court by suing the IRS for the sole purpose of forcing a $1.8 billion settlement that would compensate victims of “government weaponization” and shut the door on the government’s pursuit of tax claims against the president, his family and their companies.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams launched the inquiry on Friday in a four-page order that threatened to reopen the case, which Trump and his administration settled last week.

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