Trump II sued Trump I's IRS and Treasury Department for damages from a contractor's leaking his tax returns. Trump II is asking for $10 billion in damages.
The Supreme Court ruled regarding Trump I:
Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts.
The Supremes later ruled that Trump's tax returns can be shared with the public. That happened in 2022. Trump I said at the time:
"The Democrats should have never done it, the Supreme Court should have never approved it, and it's going to lead to horrible things for so many people."
The Treasury Department nixed all of Booz Allen Hamilton's federal contracts recently. The tax return leaker had access to the information as a Booz Allen employee. PEU connection - Booz is a former Carlyle Group affiliate.
What's going on here with the sitting President suing his former administration as a private citizen? Deal ,makers get deal fees and that's hard to do as a public official. There's also the "deity thing" regarding Trump's self-image.
Deal fee or tithe? Maybe a bit of both given his entitled status and free reign.
Update: Trump II's publicly funded "payments to self" plan include:
Update 2-1-26: Assistant Attorney General Todd Blanche informed George Stephanopoulos this morning that the Justice Department is working on the President's priorities.
They closed the interview discussing citizen Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the government he "runs" and the $230 million Trump can award himself at the stroke of a pen. Blanche acted like a Trump Truth Social post was not the method the President uses to convey his priorities. Typical for Trump II who gets to have it all ways...
Red Team former Governor Chris Christie said there are no independent people at the top of Trump's "Just Us" Department to handle his two requests for large chunks of federal cash.
Update 7-13-26: A federal judge ruled against Trump II suing Trump I for billions in proceeds.
“The nature of the suit itself and the conduct of the parties and counsel from its filing make plain that this was an attempt to use the court to provide some legitimacy to an agreement to confer immunity to people and entities affiliated with the president and to earmark billions of dollars from American taxpayers to redress grievances not defined in the law,” she wrote.“The 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,” she added.
Hopefully, Congress can take this up and ensure every aspect of this sordid insider deal are struck down.
