Judge's 'scalding' Trump takedown opens the door: 'Impeachment is next'

Systemic Error Podcast · Aug 11, 2026 · 5m

Trump Sued the Government He RunsA Brief AccountingA federal judge found Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS was a fraudulent act of self-dealing, not an adversarial legal claim. The court also flagged the Justice Department’s role in brokering a settlement that would have insulated Trump and his family from IRS scrutiny and created a taxpayer-funded slush fund.The State as Private CounselThe key fact is not that Trump filed a lawsuit. It is that the president tried to use the machinery of the federal government to protect himself from the federal government. That is not an accident…