Top Democrats decry Trump ‘taxpayer shakedown’ and ‘super-pardon’
Top Democrats in the US House have criticized the settlement of President Trump's lawsuit against the IRS, calling it a significant act of public corruption. They argue that the creation of a $1.776 billion fund is a misuse of taxpayer money intended to benefit Trump's allies. The lawmakers are demanding accountability and transparency regarding the settlement and its implications for Trump's legal issues.
- ▪Democrats have sent a letter to Justice and Treasury leaders demanding answers about Trump's $10 billion lawsuit settlement.
- ▪They describe the settlement as a 'taxpayer shakedown' that benefits the president's political allies.
- ▪The agreement bars the IRS from pursuing further actions against Trump and his family, effectively granting them a 'super-pardon'.
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Top Democrats on a pair of panels in the US House of Representatives have demanded that Justice and Treasury department leaders answer for how they settled President Donald Trump’s $10 billion “sham” lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax records. In their letter sent Wednesday to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-Mass.) slammed the settlement as “one of the most brazen acts of public corruption and self-dealing in American history.” “Rather than protect the public fisc from obvious plunder, this DOJ and IRS caved,” the lawmakers argued, condemning the creation of a $1.776…
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