“the most brazen theft of taxpayer dollars by any president in history
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“Regardless of whether Trump filed this lawsuit with a personal payday or a slush fund in mind, he deserves no credit for dropping it, and even by his standards the move he's trying to get away with now is a stunning act of corruption. What Trump wants is a $1.7 billion slush fund for right-wing political violence and subversion, and if he follows through, it will be the most brazen theft and abuse of taxpayer dollars by any president in American history.
“Not only is this another heinously corrupt act by the most corrupt administration in history, it's clearly a violation of the law that prohibits interference by executive branch officials in IRS audits.
“This administration is dripping with corruption from top to bottom, but rushing a settlement to steal $1.7 billion of taxpayer dollars for a slush fund before a judge can toss your junk lawsuit would be among the most corrupt acts in American political history.
“There are multiple issues related to Section 702 that the American people and many Members of Congress have been left in the dark about, including a FISA Court opinion from last month that found major compliance problems.