Addendum quietly slipped into widely criticized agreement creating a $1.7bn fund to compensate president’s allies
The justice department quietly added a provision barring the IRS from auditing Donald Trump’s tax returns on Tuesday, amending a widely criticized agreement that creates a secretive and loosely controlled $1.776bn fund to compensate allies of the president.
The addendum, signed by Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, says the government is “forever barred” and “precluded” from examining the tax returns of Trump, his family, company and “related companies”. The agreement applies to anything filed before the agreement was reached. It was posted on the justice department website on Tuesday morning, a day after the department announced creation of the fund.
The inclusion only adds to mounting scrutiny of the wider agreement reached on Tuesday. The arrangement was announced after Trump said he was dropping a $10bn lawsuit against the IRS and other specious claims against the government in exchange for creating the compensation fund. IRS officials recommended fighting Trump’s lawsuit, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, but the agency decided to settle it anyway, raising further questions about improper interference.
breathtaking corruption. i know there’s no shortage of corruption in human history, but you really gotta think trump might be PEAK corruption
Guys guys! Always remember: it could have been much much worse with that unpopular Kamala! Remember that there was absolutely nothing that you could have done to prevent this. Nothing!
I’m not sure how this would affect a future administration of just changing that rule and having a new AG sign that one.
I’m not sure why exactly it bars the IRS from investigating honestly, what jurisdiction or control does Blanche and the DOJ really have over the IRS? Is this another move out of the DeSantis playbook, where you just agree and give trump the headline because memories are short and it’s not gonna be your problem soon anyways?
After this admin all norms are out the window.
All norms were out the window the moment the “grab them by the pussy” tape came out and nothing happened.
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Future administration?
Your optimism that there will be a future admin is refreshing!
Trump isnt a king.
Prove it
Reality would beg to differ.
No complying in advance, come on now
Oh, completely agreed. I only say it because I want to fight the actual fight. Labels be damned, the fucker is acting like one, has the power of one, has full immunity from the law and a court of sycophants.
So, he may not have the title, but he sure acts like one. So, let’s fight him like one.
Agreed. History has shown us what happens to tyrants when the people are fed up
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Maybe not by name.
King, president for life, same same
Irs: “How about we do it anyway? Seems to work for you.”
I’m not a judge or lawyer, but I can’t imagine this being binding on later administrations. They could just as casually declare the opposite and audit his fraudulant ass.
As long as they do it after they’ve hanged the entire fucking family for treason.
They could, but they won’t.
Literally “Rules for thee, and not for me”.
Doesn’t he owe like $100M? I guess that’s wiped out too?
What does Trump or Russia, or whoever is pulling the strings here have on these people? Bcz my god it must be revolting for them to bend over backwards this far to kiss trumps asshole.
Their no taksies backsies clause is a new one.
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The money is just a distraction. The real value in this “settlement” is that it gives forever immunity for Trump, his family, and their henchmen. It literally makes them fully above all laws, for the rest of their lives.
Pretty sure that settlement wouldn’t hold under a normal administmation.
