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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump still gets protection on tax immunity:
WATCH: âFriends, listen to whatâs being said here. This is extraordinary. You just gave the president and his family immunity.â
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2026-06-02T21:11:06.133Z
Trump puppet A.G. Todd Blanche says pushback killed the .776 BILLION sedition fund but Trumps still get to do tax crimes, even as he denies it.
Lovie777
(23,954 posts)struggle4progress
(126,824 posts)and Todd will disappear to sleep with the fishies
He acts like they have him by the balls and he has no way out
badhair77
(5,227 posts)I will never shut up about it to every trump supporter I know.
Prairie Gates
(8,526 posts)A judge can dismiss specific charges with prejudice, or Congress can pass a law related to a type of enforcement. But an "agreement" or supposed "rulemaking" between Justice and IRS about whom can be audited lasts exactly as long as an executive order: until the next administration decides it is inoperative.
Point being, this is face-saving in the extreme. Trump was told absolutely not on the slush fund, which was the real prize, because it is in fact a shadow legal defense fund for the massive corruption investigations that are coming for the Trump family. The "immunity" was always a relatively meaningless added perk, since it can be rescinded as arbitrarily as it was granted. Now it is just a way to soothe Trump's bruised ego about not getting to keep the $2 billion.
sop
(19,533 posts)What happens under a Democratic administration or Congress will be another matter entirely.
Wiz Imp
(10,562 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(24,241 posts)Any protection is temporary at best, and ends on 1/20/29.
Ms. Toad
(38,871 posts)The "settlement" draws a line in the sand and purportedly protects him from being audited, etc. for acts which occurred before the settlement date - not for acts which occurred after. So if he is "doing" tax crimes now, the settlement doesn't protect him.