A federal judge publicly questioned whether Trump’s IRS settlement is legitimate, noting all parties suspiciously support the same outcome—the classic sign of a rigged deal. Trump controls the agency negotiating against him, turning what should be an adversarial lawsuit into a choreographed arrangement to erase his tax problems. The man who promised to ‘drain the swamp’ is using state power to settle his personal legal disputes—textbook banana republic corruption.

Source: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/judge-skeptical-of-corrupt-irs-settlement-with-trump