President Donald Trump's latest "scam" shows his administration is being run like a "going out of business sale," according to one lawyer.
Trump is reportedly in talks with the IRS to secure a large settlement after the agency released part of his tax returns to a Congressional committee during his first administration. Michael Popok, a lawyer and host of the "Legal AF" podcast, argued during a new episode that the "scam" revealed that Trump appears to be acknowledging that his "lame duck" status is approaching faster than he imagined.
"Are we okay with that as a presidency?" Popok said. "Donald Trump doesn't care because he's already in the midst of a going-out-of-business sale. He knows he's a lame duck. He knows he's dead politically in another six or seven months. So, until that happens, we're renaming buildings, we're taking money, we're cutting off funding, we're cutting taxes, and now we're paying ourselves from the Internal Revenue Service."
The IRS settlement is one of multiple settlements Trump has sought during his second administration. Trump has also sought to secure $230 million from his Department of Justice for costs related to the investigation into his 2016 campaign's ties to the Russian government.