DEMOCRACY WATCH
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The settlement in Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, in which the president was effectively both plaintiff and defendant, creates a taxpayer-financed, nearly $1.8 billion compensation fund for non-parties claiming to have been victims of the federal government’s “lawfare” or “weaponization.” Both the process and the resulting fund raise serious constitutional and policy concerns.
