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Judge voids Trump IRS immunity deal and imposes sanctions

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Judge voids Trump IRS immunity deal and imposes sanctions

By Kaelan Deese

A federal judge in Florida on Monday dealt a blow to President Donald Trump over his landmark settlement with the Internal Revenue Service, barring him from citing the case in any future attempt to avoid scrutiny over his past tax filings.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, found that Trump and the IRS were not truly adverse to each other when the tax agency and the Justice Department agreed to settle a $10 billion lawsuit filed by Trump on Jan. 29. She also ordered sanctions for attorneys involved in the lawsuit.

"Court finds that this matter was brought for an improper purpose—to gain the imprimatur of judicial legitimacy for a 'settlement' that had no viable basis in law or fact," Williams wrote in her 56-page decision.