Former Trump White House lawyer criticizes $1.8B IRS settlement fund

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]There's nothing that he wouldn't do. I think he's demonstrated. If you're going to give $2 billion of the taxpayers' money away just to placate a president in a case where A, it was barred by the statute of limitations. B, there was no case or controversy. And C, the statutory damages are limited to $1,000 per improper disclosure. You couldn't You couldn't get to 1.8 billion dollars under under that framework under any circumstances. And typically the IRS and the Justice Department would have filed a motion to dismiss and it would have been granted. So, this is just This is really just a criminal conspiracy to steal money from the taxpayers. So, Tom, thinking back to a conversation we had, you know, you called Pam Bondi reprehensible as attorney general and you said she should be disbarred, right?

[00:00:42]That's what you felt about her in that role.

[00:00:45]Is Blanche better or worse?

[00:00:47]That's a That's an excellent question. I think Blanche doesn't have her excuse. I mean, he's not an ideologue. He was not wedded to Trump you know, for years and years.

[00:00:57]You know, he's not a he was didn't didn't have the MAGA credentials of Pam Bondi. This is pure and unadulterated ambition.

[00:01:07]And somebody who, you know, for dollars and power has sold his soul.