President Donald Trump is asking a federal appeals court to overturn sanctions arising from his settlement with the IRS and Treasury Department, as a new brief on the docket is drawing attention to an unusual punishment imposed on one of his personal attorneys.
Trump filed his latest response over U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams’s order to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit last week. His overarching dispute contends that the federal judge, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, overstepped her authority by reopening the case after the parties had dismissed it.
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