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applegrove

(133,328 posts)
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 07:05 PM 11 hrs ago

Trump still gets protection on tax immunity:

WATCH: “Friends, listen to what’s being said here. This is extraordinary. You just gave the president and his family immunity.”

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.

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2026-06-02T21:11:06.133Z
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struggle4progress

(126,824 posts)
2. At the end of the Trump years, somebody in The Family will call a professional
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 07:11 PM
11 hrs ago

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)
3. This audit immunity must never happen.
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 07:14 PM
11 hrs ago

I will never shut up about it to every trump supporter I know.

Prairie Gates

(8,526 posts)
4. There really is no mechanism for any administrative "immunity" to survive the administration
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 07:14 PM
11 hrs ago

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 The "immunity" was always a relatively meaningless added perk, since it can be rescinded as arbitrarily as it was granted.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)
5. Trump will have "immunity" as long as his henchmen are running the IRS and DOJ.
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 07:15 PM
11 hrs ago

What happens under a Democratic administration or Congress will be another matter entirely.

Ms. Toad

(38,871 posts)
8. Even if it is enforced, it does not allow him to "do tax crimes" (present tense).
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 07:29 PM
11 hrs ago

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.

Emile

(43,589 posts)
9. The freeloading sob has never paid taxes, but he sure knows how to spend our tax dollars.
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 07:46 PM
10 hrs ago
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