Trump-IRS case should be reopened so court can probe fraud: Ex-judges

Key Points:

• Thirty-five former federal judges have urged reopening President Donald Trump's dismissed $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS to investigate potential fraud related to the case's abrupt dismissal and subsequent settlement.
• Trump, his two eldest sons, and the Trump Organization dropped the lawsuit in May concerning alleged IRS tax information leaks, leading Judge Kathleen Williams to dismiss the case with prejudice and cancel related deadlines.
• The Department of Justice announced a $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" as part of a settlement and later added an agreement shielding the plaintiffs from IRS enforcement on past tax returns, raising concerns about the transparency of the settlement.
• The ex-judges claim the court was misled, alleging collusion and fraud in the settlement process, and have requested Judge Williams to reopen the case under Rule 60 or on her own motion to investigate these claims.
• The White House directed inquiries to the DOJ, which has not commented on the filing, while the IRS and Trump Organization have also yet to respond.