Ryan Lucas
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first heard Dec 2024
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Right, well, remember, this fund was created as part of a settlement between Trump and the Justice Department to end Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns.
Trump wouldn't get any money from the fund, but as part of the deal, the IRS is barred from pursuing any claims, any probes, any audits against Trump, his family,
or his companies over past tax issues.
And Blanche told lawmakers that part of the settlement still stands.
It is still in effect.
So in other words, Trump, his family, his businesses are still shielded from IRS investigations of past tax returns.
All right.
So how did that go down with members in Congress?
Well, look, from the beginning, Democrats have railed against this whole settlement.
They say this was a slush fund for the president to dole out taxpayer money to his supporters and allies at a time, Democrats note, when a lot of Americans are really struggling to make ends meet.
And a lot of Democrats say Blanche's announcement just falls short.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, for example, said that promises are not enough here.
She says this fund needs to be blocked in law.
And she also noted that under this arrangement,
Trump, as I just said, remains shielded from IRS scrutiny.
What about Republicans?
Well, yeah, Republicans are really the bigger question here.
This fund has been a rare issue where we have seen a lot of members of the GOP, particularly in the Senate, publicly come out against President Trump.
Many of the Republicans dislike the possibility that Capitol rioters who attacked police on January 6, 2021, could have received payouts.
That Republican pushback has held up some of the administration's legislative priorities.
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