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Trent McCotter
Government Official · Deputy, U.S. Department of Justice
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Trent McCotter is an American lawyer specializing in appellate and Supreme Court litigation. A former federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia and an attorney in private practice, he has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and serves in a senior role at the U.S. Department of Justice.
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DOJ settles Trump IRS suit with $1.8B anti-weaponization fund
Acting AG Blanche's senior deputy and a chief DOJ interlocutor with Trump's personal lawyers; proposed the compensation fund, set its symbolic $1.776 billion figure, and took the Keepseagle-model legal theory to the Office of Legal Counsel.
Trump DOJ drops Roger Ver tax case for $49.9M, no guilty plea
via U.S. Department of Justice — Executed the deferred prosecution agreement, abandoning an eight-year criminal tax indictment and accepting a monetary payment in lieu of a guilty plea or prison sentence — the only tax prosecution the administration killed outright.
DOJ drops Polymarket probe, clearing path for US reentry
via U.S. Department of Justice — Ended its investigation into Polymarket without filing charges, removing a major legal barrier to the platform's return to the US market.
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