# Kathleen Williams U.S. District Judge for the **Southern District of Florida** (the Miami federal court), appointed by [[President Obama]] and confirmed in 2011 after a long career as a federal public defender. She presided over [[Donald Trump]]'s $10 billion lawsuit against the [[IRS]]. ## Stub — fill out Williams is the judge who, on May 29, 2026, **reopened** Trump's dismissed IRS suit to investigate "grievous allegations" that the deal to settle it — which created the $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" — was "premised on deception." Acting on a motion from 35 former federal judges of both parties, she ordered Trump's lawyers to respond by **June 12** on whether the case should be reopened because "the Court was the victim of a fraud" and whether Trump colluded with his own government to settle "to avoid judicial scrutiny." See [[Trump IRS Lawsuit Settlement]]. To expand: biography, notable prior rulings, appointment details. ## See Also - [[Trump IRS Lawsuit Settlement]] - [[Leonie Brinkema]] - [[Donald Trump]]