Donald Trump and sons to be 'forever' exempt from tax audits(ft.com)
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Donald Trump and sons to be 'forever' exempt from tax audits
https://www.ft.com/content/57334fae-a475-4ab0-a202-8df3766927e4
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As a citizen of a developed semi-corrupt country I know exactly how it feels. It's a cognitive dissonant state: the people elected those that end up stealing them. There are many vulnerabilities in the whole system: electing method, media distraction, low public political education. A well known proverb says the fish stinks from the head, but here it's become the fish stinks only in the head.
IANAL but this can't possibly hold up in any but the kangarooest of kangaroo courts. The whole thing in fact seems to be an end run around the judge who saw clearly that this was Trump essentially suing himself in an Uncle Sam costume.
Presumably if we ever pursue proper deMAGAfication, these people will actually be put in prison for the massive fraud they've perpetrated against the people and our government.
Presumably if we ever pursue proper deMAGAfication, these people will actually be put in prison for the massive fraud they've perpetrated against the people and our government.
> this can't possibly hold up in any but the kangarooest of kangaroo courts.
Given that the supreme court has gone off the rails, it's absolutely possible that they would uphold this. They already ruled that Trump is above the law, which means all bets are off.
Given that the supreme court has gone off the rails, it's absolutely possible that they would uphold this. They already ruled that Trump is above the law, which means all bets are off.
How can this ever be approved? Under the unitary executive theory he was suing and is now settling with himself.
Article about this matter w/o paywall: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/19/trump-irs-se...
*past tax returns
Clickbait headline.
Clickbait headline.
Yes. Caught that too. In oth3r places ive read pending claims. This doesn't eliminate future claims nor revoking this deal as illegal.
He's got control of the executive branch. So he's safe, for now.
His plans for when someone else inevitably has control of the executive branch boggles the mind. Does he have no foresight whatsoever?
I've come across others who live only in the present. I recall an inmate breaking out of jail a week before his release because his sister was sick and needed help. They are a rare breed. Life can't be easy for them. I would have thought it was impossible for someone like that to ascend to the level of President.
Yet even now when a disaster is looming in the mid terms, he manages to keep the Republican party cowed. It is something to behold. I still have no idea how he does it. Do these people have no sense of self-preservation?
His plans for when someone else inevitably has control of the executive branch boggles the mind. Does he have no foresight whatsoever?
I've come across others who live only in the present. I recall an inmate breaking out of jail a week before his release because his sister was sick and needed help. They are a rare breed. Life can't be easy for them. I would have thought it was impossible for someone like that to ascend to the level of President.
Yet even now when a disaster is looming in the mid terms, he manages to keep the Republican party cowed. It is something to behold. I still have no idea how he does it. Do these people have no sense of self-preservation?
For values of 'forever' amounting to, at most, about two and a half years, but more likely about six months, one assumes.
> US tax authorities will be barred from pursuing claims against Donald Trump, his eldest sons and the Trump Organization under an agreement to halt the president’s $10bn lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.
> The pledge by the Department of Justice on Tuesday came a day after Trump agreed to settle his lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for the US government launching a $1.8bn fund for victims of alleged “lawfare”.
> A DoJ spokesperson told the FT that the decision to bar the IRS from pursuing claims against Trump was “only with respect to any existing audits”. “There would be little point in settling several significant claims if either party could simply turn around and seek to initiate more adverse claims that could have been pursued previously,” added the spokesperson. > Danny Werfel, an IRS commissioner under former president Joe Biden, noted, however, that he was “unaware of a single precedent where the IRS has agreed in advance to permanently forgo examination of previously filed tax returns for a specific person or business”.
First, what legal mistake did the IRS make that put them $1.8B to $10B in the wrong?
Second the article title is sensationalized and embellished. The article mentions only an exemption from past tax returns —- which have already been thoroughly examined with a fine toothed comb prior to Election Day.
During Presidential election season, this was healthy journalism because it helped make more informed voters, but at this point it’s just unhealthy harassment over a past settled case. If there was something to find, it would’ve already been found by now. Unless there’s something new, leave bro alone so he can do the job America democratically and dutifully elected him to do.
> The pledge by the Department of Justice on Tuesday came a day after Trump agreed to settle his lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for the US government launching a $1.8bn fund for victims of alleged “lawfare”.
> A DoJ spokesperson told the FT that the decision to bar the IRS from pursuing claims against Trump was “only with respect to any existing audits”. “There would be little point in settling several significant claims if either party could simply turn around and seek to initiate more adverse claims that could have been pursued previously,” added the spokesperson. > Danny Werfel, an IRS commissioner under former president Joe Biden, noted, however, that he was “unaware of a single precedent where the IRS has agreed in advance to permanently forgo examination of previously filed tax returns for a specific person or business”.
First, what legal mistake did the IRS make that put them $1.8B to $10B in the wrong?
Second the article title is sensationalized and embellished. The article mentions only an exemption from past tax returns —- which have already been thoroughly examined with a fine toothed comb prior to Election Day.
During Presidential election season, this was healthy journalism because it helped make more informed voters, but at this point it’s just unhealthy harassment over a past settled case. If there was something to find, it would’ve already been found by now. Unless there’s something new, leave bro alone so he can do the job America democratically and dutifully elected him to do.