Ryan Lucas
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1,861 appearances
244 recordings
5 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 3d ago
Ryan Lucas’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So in other words, the immunity deal only applies to Trump, two of his sons in the Trump organization, instead of a much larger kind of nebulous group of people and family members as originally written.
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The pushback in the Senate right now is coming from two Republican senators, Texas's John Cornyn and Tom Tillis of North Carolina.
They are both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that has to vote on Blanche's nomination.
And they want written guarantees from the Justice Department about this settlement, that the anti-weaponization fund is indeed dead, and about the scope of the tax immunity deal.
They want that before they will support Blanche.
The snag here in his confirmation process, it revolves around the deal that the Justice Department made to end President Trump's IRS lawsuit over his leaked tax returns.
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Remember, that agreement included the creation of a nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.
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Blanche has said that is not moving forward.
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But there was also a second related part that was a sweeping immunity deal for Trump, his family and businesses from audits of past tax returns.
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That very much remains in effect.
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The snag here in his confirmation process, it revolves around the deal that the Justice Department made to end President Trump's IRS lawsuit over his leaked tax returns.
Remember, that agreement included the creation of a nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.
Blanche has said that is not moving forward.
But there was also a second related part that was a sweeping immunity deal for Trump, his family and businesses from audits of past tax returns.
That very much remains in effect.
The president posted on social media.
He offered a lot of praise for Blanche, called him a star, and he also took a couple of swipes at Cornyn and Tillis.
Trump mentioned that he refused to endorse either of them.
He said their political careers may have been ended because of that.
I will add that Trump endorsed Cornyn's primary challenger this year.
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