Welcome to the beat, everyone. I'm Ari Melbert. We begin with Donald Trump trying to abuse power in ways

that are catching up to him. We've been reporting on how some CEOs are standing up stronger and taller,

as compared to say last year. And now we have the rumor that Trump, the leak, that Trump might settle

his own lawsuit against the IRS. Now, this is a weird one and speaks to some of the

inherent kind of everyday corruption that has been attempted to be normalized by Trump.

The judge was pushing back, pointing out that Trump is suing entities whose decisions are

subject to his direction. That's a legal version of saying, why are you suing yourself? If you're suing the

IRS and you, of course, run the Trump administration that oversees the IRS. Now, the judge is

given Trump and the DOJ until May 20th to basically prove that this is legitimate, that it is actually

possible for the private party citizen, Donald Trump Trump to bring this case against the government

controlled by the Trump administration and that that is a real and actual conflict, which is

required for this kind of case. Now, this matters in a bunch of ways because remember,

Trump has been busted for dodging taxes. The IRS habitually does an audit of the president

or vice president, which is a good thing to deal with potential

corruption or other issues. You want to have a look at that. And one of the things that Trump was

trying to do with this case was get out from under that. The Times reports the administration

might just settle before the deadline mentioned. And they have teams that would try to get things

done like that audit drop. Now, Congressman Raskin

said Trump's DOJ also has now paid millions to FBI agents who were suspended. He argues legitimately

for misconduct. That basically it's kind of like a political payoff to the very individuals

who in this upside down world were supposed to be sanctioned, not rewarded.

Group representing the agents, though, does push back. I want you to know what they said,

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