On Sunday night, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that he had agreed to change the terms of President Donald Trump's "settlement agreement" with the IRS. Trump's lawsuit against the agency, which alleged damages from an IRS contractor's illegal disclosure of his tax returns, never involved a genuine controversy between adverse parties. Trump's lawsuit pitted him against an agency he oversees, represented by Justice Department lawyers who also answer to him. Advertisement AdvertisementDespite those legal weaknesses, the government's lawyers never bothered to contest Trump's claims, in sharp contrast with the way they usually handle such lawsuits. The post Todd Blanche's Concessions Underline the Flagrant Phoniness of Trump's IRS 'Settlement' appeared first on Reason.com.