QOTD -- Trump's $1.8 Billion Steal And His Lawyers Get Smacked Down

"... These facts lead to the inexorable conclusion that the 'settlement' terms, the individuals who signed the “settlement” as well as the putative beneficiaries of the 'settlement,' demonstrate a shared, unitary interest. And the unilateral revision and renunciation of the 'Fund' component of the “settlement” demonstrate the fact that all Parties were aligned, and ultimately, undifferentiated. This action was never about a party seeking judicial resolution of a legal issue or a factual dispute. 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. The President may be the functional 'dominus litus' of the Executive Branch, but as a party to a civil suit, he, as well as all the parties and lawyers before a court, are bound by the rules. Ensuring that our courts are used only for the express purpose created by the Constitution is the obligation of every judge and an obligation that this Court must discharge in light of the matter before it.

"In sum, the facts before this Court demonstrate there was never adverseness between the Parties; there was never a case or controversy; and there was never a question as to who would prevail." -- decision by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, in President Donald J. Trump, et al. v Internal Revenue Service, et al., better known as Trump's self-dealing $1.8 billion weaponization and J6 seditionist payoff fund.  The Judge's order also referred Trump lawyer shyster Alejandro Brito to the Florida Bar Association for possible disciplinary action;  she also "ordered that a copy of her ruling be mailed to the State Bar of New York, of which Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is a member, as well as to the District of Columbia Bar, of which Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward is a member.”  Steve Benen has a brief history of the bogus, improper lawsuit here.