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  "textContent": "President Donald Trump dropped his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service on Monday in exchange for a settlement deal to launch a $1.8 billion fund to pay claims made by his friends for purported unfair prosecution. “The machinery of government should never be weaponized against any American, and it is this Department’s intention […]",
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