BREAKING AXIOS:
The Trump admin plans to drop its controversial $1.8 billion slush fund — at least for now, two senior admin officials told Axios.
It's unclear whether this would also kill the IRS settlement that protected Trump and his businesses from being audited. https://t.co/kzwzcHVPgn
Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals.
As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them.
Go Knicks.
BREAKING: A federal judge is now signaling the Trump administration’s so-called “weaponization fund” may have emerged from collusive litigation and could potentially amount to fraud on the court.
That is nuclear-level language from a judge.
“Fraud on the court” is not normal criticism.
It is reserved for situations where a court believes it may have been manipulated, misled, or used as part of a coordinated scheme.
And the judge reportedly pointed to two giant red flags:
- the massive $1.8 billion settlement amount
- and concerns the opposing sides may not have actually been acting as true adversaries
Translation?
The court is openly questioning whether this lawsuit was partially engineered to create a taxpayer-funded political compensation machine.
That is an absolutely extraordinary development.
NEW: A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from continuing to establish or operate its "anti-weaponization" fund, which has led to a bipartisan furor over potential payouts to Jan. 6 defendants.
w. @joshgerstein@hassankanu
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The New York Times reports Colorado Gov Jared Polis (D) overruled the wishes of his own clemency board in setting Tina Peters free. https://t.co/vB47EJIKtD