Trump Denies Defrauding US Court to Create $1.8 Billion Fund

President Donald Trump denied claims that he filed a “collusive” lawsuit against a US agency under his control to orchestrate the creation of a $1.8 billion fund for alleged victims of political “weaponization,” which critics said would be used to enrich his allies and supporters.

Trump’s $10 billion suit against the Internal Revenue Service was not a fraud on the court and Justice Department officials had broad authority to enter into the agreement that led to the now-scrappedfund, Trump’s lawyers argued in a filing Friday night. They accused the former federal judges who raised the objection of relying ...