U.S. President Donald Trump smiles as he attends the U.S. Army's 250th Birthday parade, on the same day of U.S. President Donald Trump 79th birthday, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 14, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
MS NOW “The Weekend” hosts Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels raked President Donald Trump for using his own government-appointed zealots to wrangle $10 billion from U.S. taxpayers.
“President trump has filed yet another lawsuit, this time targeting his own government,” said Capehart. “On Thursday, Trump announced he is suing the IRS and the Treasury Department over the alleged leak of his 2019 tax return and is seeking $10 billion in damages.”
The complaint alleges the agencies failed to prevent leaks by former IRS employee Charles Littlejohn, who has pled guilty and is serving a five-year prison sentence. If Trump wins the case, taxpayers will be on the hook to cover the payment, but Capehart lamented Trump’s likelihood of winning because of the allies he’s installed over the department.
“This man will look for any and every opportunity to scam some money, even if it's from the American taxpayers,” said Capehart.
“It's really important that we note that he has greased the wheels here,” said co-host Jacqueline Alemany. “The people who are deciding whether these settlements are going to ultimately be approved are senior department officials who were placed in these jobs because of their allegiance to Donald Trump. They've proven that time and time again. One of them was Trump's personal lawyer.”
“First of all, Donald Trump is worth $6.5 billion. So, it's not like he's hurting for money, No 2: $10 billion is more than he is worth. But also … another president would never do this. Because … that is the money that you pay to this country to make sure we pave the roads," Daniels said, gesturing to the camera, "to make sure that you are protected from foreign interference in elections and foreign interference in your lives. That is what it's for. It's not actually for the president to decide how he wants to grease the wheels and get more rich.”
“Well, that's the way it was until this person got elected,” said Capehart.
Daniels then rolled footage of ABC reporter, Karen Travers confronting Trump in the Oval Office over his demand for a $10 billion payout from taxpayers.
“Who are you with?” demanded an incredulous Trump. “You're a loud person. Very loud. Let somebody else have a chance.”
“Can you answer the question?” Travers pressed.
“ABC? Fake news. I didn't call on you,” Trump answered.
“Well, he doesn't want to answer the question, because if he had a good answer, if there was a good answer to why the president of the United States was suing his own government and suing the taxpayers for $10 billion, he would say it,” said Daniels. “… You could use that $10 billion for anything else. It shows how out of touch Donald Trump is because there are people suffering economically in this country and he's suing to take their money.”
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