A QUEENS FELON AND THE LAW

IN A LATEST OF LEGAL ACTIONS, “FBI Searches Atlanta Election Office, Chasing Trump 2020 Vote Fraud Claims,” Reuters, January 28, 2026, Jana Winter and Andrew Goudsward report, “Fulton County Commissioner Mo Ivory confirmed a warrant was being served and said federal officials were collecting 700 boxes of ballots from a secure location. In a video posted to social media made from inside the election center, she accused Trump of ‘trying to create chaos’ in order to benefit Republicans in the November midterm elections.”

See also, on a not-unrelated note, “An Insignificant Change?”

Winter and Goudsward describe, “The search was conducted a week after Trump reiterated during comments in Davos, Switzerland, his longstanding and debunked claim that the 2020 voting ‘was a rigged election.’ ‘People will soon be prosecuted for what they did,’ Trump said in Davos.”

What About Trump’s Extortionist Phone Call? The Reuters reporters recount, “The prosecution of Trump by [Fulton County’s chief prosecutor District Attorney Fani] Willis for alleged racketeering foundered after revelations that she had a romantic relationship with one of the lawyers she hired, and the case was dismissed last year.”

That is, Teflon Don (not to be confused with the other one) beat this particular rap, so far.

A Litigious Trump. “Under Trump,” Reuters notes, “the Justice Department has also sued several states besides Georgia, demanding that they turn over large volumes of voter data. States have challenged the demands as an unconstitutional infringement on their authority to manage elections. A few judges have tossed out the lawsuits, most recently this week in Oregon.”

And, of course, once “evidence” is in hands of federal government goons, state and local agencies have difficulties in accessing it. See “Minnesota Prosecutors Face Uphill Battle If They Charge Feds in Fatal Shootings,” Daniel Barnes, Politico, 1/28/2026. 

Trump, Family, and Company vs the IRS and Treasury. In another astounding example of Trump litigation, Jonathan Stempel reports, “Trump Sues IRS, Treasury Department for $10 Billion Over Tax Return Leak,” Reuters, January 29, 2026: “In a complaint filed in Miami federal court, Trump, his adult sons, and his namesake company said the agencies failed to take ‘mandatory precautions’ to prevent former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn from leaking their tax returns to ‘leftist media outlets,’ including The New York Times and ProPublica.”

Let’s get this straight: Littlejohn is serving time after pleading guilty (saying he “ ‘acted out of a sincere, if misguided, belief ’ that he was serving the public interest and desired Americans to be informed.” He also indicated that he acted with the expectation that he would face consequences.”). 

Yet Trump is suing his ex-employers, not the employee. An interesting bit of legalese.

Stempel recounts, “The plaintiffs said they suffered ‘significant and irreparable ‌harm’ to their reputations and financial interests, and may seek punitive damages because the leaks were either willful or resulted from gross negligence. Thursday’s lawsuit puts Trump in the unusual position of suing government agencies that are part of the Executive Branch, which he leads.”

And, I suspect, we as taxpayers get to pick up the legal bills on both sides.

Absurd. 

Yet Another Nonsense Suit. Matthew Goldstein reports, “Trump Sues JPMorgan, Saying the Bank Closed His Accounts for Political Reasons,” The New York Times, January 22, 2026. This one dates back to the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Goldstein recounts, “The lawsuit, which seeks $5 billion in damages, was filed in state court in Florida and also named Jamie Dimon, the bank’s chief executive, as a defendant…. JPMorgan, which confirmed it had received a copy of the lawsuit, said in a statement that its decision to close Mr. Trump’s account was not prompted by politics, and it believed the suit ‘had no merit.’ ”

But Wait There’s More. Tom Jones reports, “Stop Us If You Heard This One Before: Trump Threatens The New York Times,” Pointer.50, January 23, 2026: Jones recounts, “With Donald Trump finishing up his first year as president for the second time, there’s a new New York Times/Siena poll about his job performance. Two things about it are not surprising. One, his approval rating is not good. And, two, Trump is mad as hell about it.”

Jones continues, “He went on a rather long rant on Truth Social in three posts: here, here and here…. Trump even complained about Fox News and The Wall Street Journal, saying their polls over the years have been ‘terrible.…’ Trump’s playbook when he gets news that he doesn’t like or sees coverage that paints him in a poor light is consistent: he insults and threatens to sue.”

Keeping Trump “Honest.” (You’ll Excuse the Word.) On the other hand, Mattathias Schwartz observes, “What We Learned After Tracking Every Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Policies,” The New York Times, January 29, 2026: “President Trump’s Agenda,” Schwartz recounts, “faced more than 600 lawsuits over the past year. In many cases, district court judges found his policies to be unlawful.”

One picture….. Image from The New York Times.

There has never been a more litigious president than Donald J. Trump. And none more deserving of being sued. ds 

© Dennis Simanaitis, SimanaitisSays.com, 2026