Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Monday, May 18, 2026

President Donald Trump, his two eldest sons, and the Trump Organization dropped their $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, according to a Miami federal court filing. The filing by Trump's lawyers did not say what led to the surprising move, but it suggested it effectively barred a judge from analyzing whether the president's civil suit was legally valid and from dismissing it if she finds it is invalid.

More

Comments

Admin's note: Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

More: The dismissal came on the heels of controversy over reports that the Department of Justice was negotiating a settlement with the president that could see the federal government pay $1.7 billion toward a fund to compensate allies of Trump who allege wrongful treatment by the Biden administration.

Democratic members of Congress said that would be a "slush fund."

CNBC has asked the DOJ if Trump's dismissal of the suit is being made in conjunction with a settlement by the government of his claims outside of court.

The court filing on Monday said Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and The Trump Organization were voluntarily dismissing the lawsuit against the IRS "with prejudice."

"With prejudice" means the plaintiffs can not renew the same claims in another civil complaint.

The notice of dismissal came two days before a deadline set by U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams for the DOJ and Trump's attorneys to answer whether a "case and controversy exists in this matter so as to establish the Court's jurisdiction."

Williams' question suggested that because Trump is suing "entities whose decisions are subject to his direction," there might not be enough actual adversity between the parties to satisfy a constitutional requirement that federal courts only adjudicate cases or controversies.

The filing on Monday said Trump's dismissal means "no judicial analysis is appropriate, and any "subsequent order purporting to dismiss all claims' . . . [would be] a nullity."

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2026-05-18 10:58 AM | Reply

Trump should file again. This time for One Hundred Billion dollars, Dr. Evil style.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-18 11:03 AM | Reply

They've already stolen more than that from the Treasury, so...

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-18 11:15 AM | Reply

So does this mean Trumpy does NOT get his 1.7 billion dollar "slush fund"?

That's some pretty good news if true.

I thought for sure he was gonna steal that money right in front of us. Just to prove he can. Just to own the libs.

So if this true it's really good to see he can't own the libs and steal our money ... this time.

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-18 11:18 AM | Reply

The following HTML tags are allowed in comments: a href, b, i, p, br, ul, ol, li and blockquote. Others will be stripped out. Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Anyone can join this site and make comments. To post this comment, you must sign it with your Drudge Retort username. If you can't remember your username or password, use the lost password form to request it.
Username:
Password:

Home | Breaking News | Comments | User Blogs | Stats | Back Page | RSS Feed | RSS Spec | DMCA Compliance | Privacy

Drudge Retort