Joe Kernen: Trump IRS settlement ‘smells bad’
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, formerly Trump’s personal lawyer, announced the fund Monday and signed a memo ordering the IRS to never audit Trump’s prior tax returns or to pursue certain claims against him, his family or his businesses. “It just looks — smells bad,” Kernen said in an interview with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.). “It’s one of the reasons that he’s back in the office.
- ▪Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, formerly Trump’s personal lawyer, announced the fund Monday and signed a memo ordering the IRS to never audit Trump’s prior tax returns or to pursue certain claims against him, his family or his busines
- ▪“It just looks — smells bad,” Kernen said in an interview with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.).
- ▪“It’s one of the reasons that he’s back in the office.
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Media Joe Kernen: Trump IRS settlement ‘smells bad’ Comments: by Ryan Mancini - 05/22/26 7:11 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Ryan Mancini - 05/22/26 7:11 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING CNBC’s “Squawk Box” co-host Joe Kernen said Friday that President Trump’s settlement with his own administration for suing the IRS for $10 billion “smells bad.” Trump dropped the lawsuit to launch the $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund to compensate those who claim they have been wrongly investigated or prosecuted by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, formerly Trump’s personal lawyer, announced the fund Monday and signed a memo ordering the IRS to never audit Trump’s prior tax returns or to pursue certain claims against him, his family or his businesses.
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