23 State AGs Allege 'Egregious Misconduct' in Trump's Collusive IRS Settlement

Twenty-three Democratic state attorneys general, led by California AG Rob Bonta and Maryland AG Anthony Brown, filed an amicus brief in Miami federal court alleging 'egregious misconduct' by President Trump and Attorney General Todd Blanche over Trump's $10 billion IRS lawsuit. The coalition argued the lawsuit and subsequent settlement were 'a collusive fraud engineered to violate the constitutional limits on presidential authority under the veneer of a settlement, all at the expense of American taxpayers.' The settlement, reached May 18, 2026, gave Trump, his family, businesses, and associates broad immunity from federal tax audits and investigations for wrongdoing before that date, while creating a $1.776 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund.' The states urged the court to scrutinize whether Trump conspired with his own Justice Department to commandeer a favorable settlement using the legal system. The amicus brief was filed in the case Trump v. Internal Revenue Service, pending befor...

"The lawsuit, and subsequent settlement, are nothing more than a collusive fraud engineered to violate the constitutional limits on presidential authority under the veneer of a settlement, all at the expense of American taxpayers." — From the amicus brief filed by 23 state attorneys general in Miami federal court challenging the Trump-IRS settlement