Chris Hayes Describes Trump’s $1.7 Billion Shakedown Of IRS

By NewsHound Ellen — May 16, 2026
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Instead of the $10 billion Trump was demanding in his bogus lawsuit against the IRS, he now wants to settle the suit for what Chris Hayes described as “a slush fund filled with almost $2 billion of your taxpayer money to lay out his MAGA buddies
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