
On Jan. 31, Donald Trump described negotiating a settlement with himself in the IRS lawsuit, then suggested he might donate the payout. Who wants to bet that money would go to one of his dozens of grifting charities?
On Jan. 30, 2026, Trump, his two eldest sons, and the Trump Organization filed a lawsuit in federal court in Miami against the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of the Treasury seeking at least $10 billion in damages. The confusing part is, both the IRS and the Treasury are under Trump’s own oversight. But that’s exactly where he’s playing.