OH YEAH! AND THE HITS JUST KEEP COMING IN TRUMP’S BOGUS IRS LAWSUIT!
by Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. – attorney, law professor emeritus, and author of Federal law
“You can’t keep a good person down” or “Hitting someone when they are down”. Which cliche applies here? I’ll let you decide.
Let’s review: In Trump’s bogus case against the IRS, on which I’ve reported extensively, after the bogosity of it was nearing the surface Trump tried to dismiss it. I mean, he *did* dismiss it but then, you’ll recall, in a very unusual move, the Judge *reopened* the case. Due to, yes, its bogosity (ok, the Judge actually said it was due to “irregularities”, but we know what she meant), not to mention the whole attempt to give Trump and his family lifetime immunity from IRS audits and actions (hrrm.. why would they want that? Can you say “Capone”? I knew you could). And, of course, the slush fund.
So anyways, the whole thing was essentially the Keystone Cops of lawsuits.
You will also recall that the Judge reopened the case following the entreaties of 35 former federal judges, who filed briefs highlighting just how “irregular” the whole thing was.
Now the 35 former federal judges have filed a motion for *reimbursement* for the fees they incurred in the course of participating in the lawsuit.
BUT, get this, they *also* say that all they want is $1 (one dollar each for the law firms that represented them), even though they are entitled to more than $100,000.
Why would they do this?
Well, in part to demonstrate that they got into it because it was the right thing to do; they saw vast bogosity and needed to get involved so that Trump didn’t get away with it.
But also in part to make sure that Trump and the world saw that he was ordered to pay something, while making clear that it wasn’t greed that led to their filing the motion. It shows that Trump is the loser here, and the tiny amount is actually an insult; “We don’t need the money, we just need to show that you lost.”
They *do* agree to having the attorneys they used reimbursed for court filing and postage fees (a grand total of $4,606.83).
But *then*, they include this:
“However, this Court may also assess additional sanctions unrelated to these attorneys’ fees if it deems it appropriate.”
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
In support of this motion, former government officials and public interest groups filed an amici (friend of the court) memorandum, advocating for the Court to award the judges $39,000 to reimburse those who had worked on all of this on the judges’ behalf. *Their* filing *starts out* with:
“Two weeks ago, this Court issued an Order concluding that, in bringing and “settling” this lawsuit, Plaintiffs [Trump] manipulated the judicial process and Defendants [the DOJ] abdicated their responsibility to zealously defend the interests of the United States.”
Zing!
I’m including for your reading enjoyment both the motion requesting reimbursement, and the memorandum filed in support of that motion. Enjoy!
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P.S. If you actually read all the way to the bottom please leave a sentence in a comment that includes the word “karma” (I’ll bet you thought it was going to be “bogosity”, didn’t you? :~) ). It will show me that my efforts aren’t in vain and that people actually *do* read these things, and it will drive those who just skim crazy wondering just why everyone is talking about karma! ;~)
(The above was provided by me, Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. – attorney and law professor emeritus.)
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