US government agrees to drop tax claims against Trump in broadening of IRS lawsuit settlement
The revised deal bars the IRS from pursuing past tax claims against Trump and his companies while setting up a $1.776 billion compensation fund.
- The U.S. government settled a $10 billion lawsuit related to leaked tax returns by permanently barring the IRS from auditing or prosecuting any tax claims filed by Donald Trump, his family, or affiliated entities before May 19, 2026.
- The Department of Justice established a $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund to compensate individuals alleging politically motivated federal investigations or prosecutions.
- Michael Caputo was the first to file a claim with the Anti-Weaponization Fund, seeking $2.7 million for alleged political targeting by federal investigations.
- Critics, including Democrats and some Republicans, condemned the settlement and fund as potentially corrupt and unprecedented, expressing concerns it grants Trump and his family special treatment and may function as a 'slush fund' for political allies.
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Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund includes side deal blocking tax probes into president and family
While Trump officials refuse to rule out payouts to violent January 6 fascists, the Justice Department addendum seeks to foreclose claims against Trump and his related entities.
DOJ settlement bars IRS from auditing Trump family’s past tax returns
The Department of Justice released a settlement addendum on Tuesday that permanently blocks the IRS from auditing past tax returns filed by President Donald Trump, his adult sons, and the Trump Organization, the latest chapter in a years-long saga that began when a government contractor illegally leaked Trump’s confidential tax records. Acting Attorney General Todd...
Trump just granted himself immunity to tax investigations
Convicted fraudster Donald Trump just “forever barred and precluded” the US Inland Revenue Service (IRS) from investigating his tax returns to date. The news comes as part of a $10bn lawsuit the US president levelled against the IRS as retribution for leaking his tax records between 2018 and 2020. The edict also applies to Trump’s family and his businesses. Billionaire tax leaks Back in 2023, former IRS contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn was c…
Trump IRS Settlement Grants Him, Family Immunity On Past Tax Issues
Source: KENT NISHIMURA / Getty President Donald Trump is such a daily spectacle of outlandish bigotry, buffoonery, and abject incompetence that one could almost forget that, on top of all that, he is deeply and transparently corrupt. Almost… On Tuesday, we reported on the Justice Department’s nearly $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to pay what would essentially be reparations to people who the Trump administration characterizes as victims …
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