The Daily Beast
Rebecca Noble / Getty Images The Department of Justice could hand President Donald Trump a taxpayer-funded windfall before a judge has a chance to decide whether to throw out his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. Trump, his sons Don Jr. and Eric, and the Trump Organization family business sued the IRS in January over tax returns that were leaked to the press by an independent contractor during the president’s first term in office. But given that Trump oversees the IRS, the judge in the case has ordered both sides to submit briefs by May 20 laying out the legal arguments for why they’re really on opposing sides. If the court finds they’re not parties to a genuine conflict, the lawsuit could be thrown out. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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