A federal judge has ordered former President Donald Trump to respond to allegations that his settlement with the IRS regarding a $1.8 billion fund was a fraud on the court. His lawyers must respond to a request to reopen proceedings by June 12.

A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump to respond to “grievous allegations” that his deal with the government to create a US$1.8 billion fund to resolve his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was the result of a “fraud” on the court. In an order on Friday, US District Judge Kathleen Williams gave the president’s personal lawyers until June 12 to respond to a request by a group of former federal judges that she reopen the proceedings to investigate conduct by the president...