NEW: ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of Justice Department lawyers.

We found judges nominated by both parties who are frustrated that they can no longer take the government at its word.
https://www.propublica.org/article/justice-department-presumption-of-regularity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DOJ #Law #Legal #Courts #Trump #Justice #Ethics #USPolitics

#Trump added that he would keep #ToddBlanche as acting #US #AG if his nomination to run the #DOJ fails in the #Senate, & blasted 2 #GOP senators who blocked Blanche.

It was not immediately clear what legislation Trump was referencing, & the White House did not respond to questions about Trump’s post. Sen. #ThomTillis (R-NC), one of the senators who had held up Blanche’s nomination over the #SlushFund, quickly criticized Trump’s comments.

#law #criminal #theft #TaxpayersMoney #MafiaState

Sociopath

#Trump Saturday said that he would “push hard” to enact #legislation that would offer #payouts to people “badly treated” by the #Obama & #Biden admins, his latest threat to resurrect his illegal #SlushFund.
“It will immediately be back on the table, & I will get it done,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, vowing to pass “the Anti-Weaponization Bill.”

#law #DOJ #criminal #theft #TaxpayersMoney #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/01/trump-says-he-will-push-hard-payout-fund-keep-blanche-acting-ag/

I mean seriously, all I have to say is LOL
🤣🤭😂🤣🤭😂🤣🤭😂

… Except, looking at it soberly, there has been some very real damages to the man’s life

#DOJ drops “criminal” case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging #ReflectingPool

#Trump #TrumpsALoser #law #FrivolousLawsuit #propaganda #trumpaganda #bullshit #gaslighting #TaxpayersMoney #vanity #narcissism
https://apnews.com/article/reflecting-pool-damage-olympian-hearn-trump-21d997b5b55e6adf01862d7c5292476d

Anyone who flirts with Epstein is suspect.

Who is Kathryn Ruemmler? Former Obama White House attorney interviewed about Epstein emails
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-kathryn-ruemmler-former-obama-white-house-attorney-interviewed-about-epstein-emails

#ToddBlanche #EpsteinClass #TrumpEpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles #IndictAlexAcosta #ChildRapistTrump #GhislaineMaxwell #JeffreyEpstein #DOJ #DonaldTrump #USPol

The deal also extended unusual tax protections to #Trump, his family & their businesses, shielding them from all past tax claims — an extremely lucrative benefit for Trump who has repeatedly complained about burdensome #IRS audits.

#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #ToddBlanche #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

…At issue for both senators is the agreement #ToddBlanche & the #DOJ announced in the spring to resolve #Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS over the leak of his personal tax returns.
The deal, which was NOT approved by a #court, would have created a nearly $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded pool of money to reward people who claim they were victims of politically motivated prosecutions.
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

#Cornyn responded with a post of his own, in which he said #Trump “is mistaken if he believes concerns about the provisions in his tax lawsuit settlement are limited to me & Senator #Tillis.”
A refusal by the #Senate to confirm #ToddBlanche would be a notable political setback for Trump, marking a rare instance when the #GOP-led chamber blocked something he wanted. But even if Cornyn & Tillis’s concerns remain unaddressed, Blanche could remain “acting” AG for the foreseeable future.

#law #DOJ

Crap. Now #Trump is saying he’ll just wait until #JohnCornyn & #ThomTillis leave the #Senate, & then he’ll re-nominate #ToddBlanche.

Trump suggested Thursday that he could withdraw Blanche’s nomination to become attorney general until next year, as a standoff continues with the 2 Republican senators who are demanding concessions from the admin before supporting Blanche.

#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/30/republicans-struggle-way-forward-blanche-ag-nomination/

#Trump said Thursday he may pull the nomination of #ToddBlanche for Attorney General, looking to avoid concessions to holdout #Republicans. Lawmakers on Wednesday scrapped a planned committee vote after key Republicans demanded more assurances about the “settlement” of Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS.

That would give the Trump admin 3 AGs in less than 2 years.

#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://apnews.com/live/trump-iran-news-updates-07-30-2026

#Trump said Thursday he may pull the nomination of #ToddBlanche for Attorney General, looking to avoid concessions to holdout #Republicans. Lawmakers on Wednesday scrapped a planned committee vote after key Republicans demanded more assurances about the “settlement” of Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS.

That would give the Trump admin 3 AGs in less than 2 years.

#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://apnews.com/live/trump-iran-news-updates-07-30-2026

Cornyn said he did not know what the holdup was, but he did not rule out that #Trump was intent on keeping the tax provision in place.

“I can see why he wants it, because it provides immunity from audits no other taxpayer would get,” Cornyn added.

#law #LegalEthics #DOJ #IRS #SlushFund

So freaking illegal. There was literally no one representing the American people.

#DOJ announces a $1.7B fund to compensate #Trump allies in a deal to drop #IRS suit

The Trump admin on Monday announced the creation a $1.7 billion #MAGASlushFund to compensate allies of Trump who believe they were “mistreated” by the #Biden admin.

The “Anti-Weaponization Fund” was announced by the DOJ as part of a “deal” to “resolve” Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS.

#law
https://apnews.com/article/trump-lawsuit-irs-leak-3729de38770b558be01712a143437bf8

The reasons for creating the #SlushFund, #ToddBlanche told lawmakers, “remain as important as they were before.”

[Cornyn & Thillis better stay strong & yovte against this confirming this corrupt lickspittle. More #Republicans should be against him!]

#TaxpayersMoney #Trump #criminal #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

Judge Brinkema said the case remained open because #ToddBlanche & the #DOJ refused to file an affidavit under penalty of perjury “that they will not take any action to create or operate” the payout fund & that it “will not proceed in any manner, under any name.”

Blanche has pushed back against such demands. Even as he promised lawmakers in June that the #SlushFund was dead, he said that “I’m not committing to putting anything in writing.”

#TaxpayersMoney #Trump #fraud #law #LegalEthics

“This answer is, at best, misleading &, at worst, disingenuous. The court was available to review any pleading by any party at any time during this lawsuit,” the judge wrote.

Another federal judge, Leonie M. Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia, has left alive a lawsuit seeking to dismantle the #SlushFund.

#TaxpayersMoney #Trump #ToddBlanche #fraud #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

The tax provision emerged as the biggest sticking point on the eve of a scheduled #Judiciary Cmte vote. Cornyn, a former state #judge who lost a primary to a #Trump backed challenger, Ken Paxton [total POS], said he had received no written assurances from #ToddBlanche that the #IRS audit shield would not apply to future tax liabilities or be extended to a wider circle of people.

#law #LegalEthics #DOJ #SlushFund

Amazing they can recognize the corruption in this situation but not in so many others. Still I’ll take it. I just hope they can maintain their resistance.

Vote on #ToddBlanche Is Delayed After #Republican Senators Express Skepticism Over #IRS “Provision”

John Cornyn & Thom Tillis accused the nominee for attorney general of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle #Trump’s suit against the IRS.

#law #LegalEthics #DOJ #SlushFund
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/politics/todd-blanche-senate-vote-irs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1lA.5whz.4CuRKeIhBNih&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Vaughn will receive a seven-figure settlement from the US government, his lawyers said, making him among those aligned with the #Trump admin who have received a payout by an alternative means.

…The continuing ability of the #DOJ to make such payouts with or without a formal fund structure is one of the sticking points between the Trump admin & Republican senators as they weigh the nomination of #ToddBlanche….

#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #autocracy #AbuseOfPower