NEW: Virginia political organizer and a military vet file federal suit, seeking court order to HALT the UFC fight at White House:
"This plan is deeply corrupt.. President is giving (Dana) White & his company what none have enjoyed before: unfettered access to the White House.. to stage a private, for-profit sports event"
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MORE: In new fed. suit seeking a HALT to the White House UFC fight:
"The UFC is not being coy about the event’s pecuniary nature. One executive recently called it 'the greatest earned-marketing tool of all time.' He is far from the only one salivating at the business upside"
Suit challenging UFC fight at White House:
"The ostensible occasion for this spectacle is the semiquincentennial. Dana White says that the aim is to “to celebrate the 250th birthday of America.” Although June 14, 2026, will also be Trump’s 80th birthday, White has steadfastly maintained that the timing is just a coincidence"
ALERT: Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) files court brief urging judge to HALT Trump slush fund
Cassidy & Sen. Cory Booker argue the case "is a question of whether the machinery of democratic government may be turned, by design and with explicit intent, against the democratic foundations it exists to serve"
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In asking court to intervene and stop the Trump sklush fund, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) emphasize that Trump *again* refused to abandon during news conference yesterday
Sen. Cassidy & Booker's court filing:
"As sitting U.S. Senators, amici are duty-bound to protect the institutional authority of Congress and its duly-elected representatives. The Constitution of the United States directs the power of the purse to Congress alone"
Former federal judges in their filing asking court to re-open Trump's $10 billion lawsuit vs. I.R.S.
They argue Trump and his own I.R.S. and Justice Dept are plotting together
FILING: "The parties to this case are using this lawsuit as the legal justification for these actions. This is not speculation; the parties themselves have proclaimed it"
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Former federal judges on the slush fund
"This “settlement” is a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the Court"
FLASH: Justice Dept confirms it is establishing $1.776 billion fund "for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress"
Fund will have five members and "issue formal apologies and monetary relief owed to claimants"
Justice Dept defends $1.776 billion fund by saying, "There is legal precedent for such a Fund, most notably the Keepseagle case where the Obama Admin. created a $760 million fund to redress various claims alleging racism against the federal government over a period of decades"
And there it is:
About $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded pot of $$
Justice Dept says, "Fund will consist of a Commission of five members appointed by the Attorney General. One Member will be chosen in consultation with congressional leadership. The President can remove any member"
MORE: 93 members of the US House are seeking to make a filing in the Trump $10 billion lawsuit against his I.R.S.
They've hired former Democratic Attorney General of New Jersey Matthew Platkin to represent them
Congress has been BLASTING this Trump lawsuit
MORE: A blistering court filing has just been submitted in Florida by 93 Democratic Members of Congress opposing Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against his own I.R.S.
In part the filing says, "10 billion could fully fund almost the entire annual budget for federal child welfare spending or the National Cancer Institute for a year. Or it could be used to purchase childcare for a million young families. Instead of serving these worthy purposes, the President instead asks this Court to allow him to use collusive litigation to force the American people to put that money into his pockets, and the pockets of his family and friends"