- Thirty-five former federal judges petitioned a Miami court to reopen and investigate Donald Trump’s settled IRS lawsuit.
- The filing alleges the underlying suit was a fraud on the court to justify a settlement deal.
- The bipartisan group challenges the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund created as a result of the legal agreement.
(MIAMI, FLORIDA) — Thirty-five former federal judges asked a Miami federal court on Wednesday to reopen and investigate Donald Trump’s settled lawsuit against the IRS, arguing the case was used to justify a deal that created a nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.
The filing says the underlying suit “itself, is a fraud on the court,” and asks the court to scrutinize the settlement that followed the tax-leak litigation against the IRS and the Justice Department.
The request places 35 former judges directly into a fight over a settlement tied to Trump’s agreement with the government, and it asks the court to examine whether the case should be reopened.
The matter sits in Miami federal court, where the retired judges lodged their filing Wednesday. The group includes retired judges from both political parties.
At the center of the dispute is the fund created by the settlement. The filing challenges the deal that reportedly produced the nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund as part of Trump’s agreement with the government.
The underlying litigation was Trump’s now-settled $10 billion tax leak case. That lawsuit targeted the IRS and the Justice Department and later ended in the settlement now under attack.
The former judges’ filing does not treat the settlement as a routine end to litigation. It asks the court to examine both the case itself and the agreement that followed it.
That request goes beyond criticism of the outcome alone. The filing alleges the suit was fraudulent in its use before the court and seeks judicial scrutiny of the settlement that emerged from it.
The judges’ political mix forms part of the presentation to the court. The filing came from a bipartisan group of retired federal judges rather than from one ideological bloc.
No ruling had been described in the material provided with the filing request. What the judges seek now is court review of the settlement and possible reopening of the matter.
The challenge adds a new layer to a case that had already been settled, recasting Trump’s tax-leak litigation not as a closed dispute but as one the court should revisit because of the fund it produced and the conduct alleged in the filing.
