Judge Calls Trump’s IRS Lawsuit Self-Dealing | Texas News

Texas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 15, 2026 · 1m

President Trump’s IRS lawsuit is unraveling as Judge Kathleen Williams calls it a blatant exercise in self-dealing — suing an agency he controls. The case, sparked in January 2026 over leaked tax info, ended in a controversial settlement shielding Trump from audits and funding a now-dropped fund. The judge rejected the notion of a real dispute, instead seeing it as a system manipulation, and referred Trump’s lead lawyer, Alejandro Brito, to the Florida Bar for disciplinary review. Another lawyer on Trump’s team faces a one-year ban from filing cases in the Southern District of Florida. While…