The Korea Times
When President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in January, some pundits raised their eyebrows. The skepticism didn’t just arise because a sitting president was essentially suing the government he also runs, but that it was Trump who was doing the suing. The apparent motive behind the scheme unfolded last month when Trump dropped the lawsuit but an extraordinary deal was announced in its place: A $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate Americans who felt unfairly prosecuted under previous administrations. After much backlash from Democrats and even some Republicans, Trump’s Department of Justice said Monday it will abide by a judge’s order to put the fund on hold. Who, by chance, could have benefited from such a fund? Any of President Trump‘s many allies and advisers who have been convicted or indicted in crimes against the government, such as former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, adviser Steve Bannon, former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn or former campaign chair Paul Manafort, among others. Even the Trump Org
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