https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1441216/dlThe United States RELEASES, WAIVES, ACQUITS, and FOREVER DISCHARGES each of the Plaintiffs from, and is hereby FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing, any and all claims, counterclaims, causes of action, appeals, or requests for any relief, including injunctive relief, monetary relief, damages, examinations, or similar or related reviews, appeals, debt relief, costs, attorney’s fees, expenses, and/or interest, whether presently known or unknown that . . . have been or could have been asserted by Defendants against any of the Plaintiffs.
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The deal:
Protects Mr Trump from audits based on a lawsuit that wasn’t about audits. (MR Trump sued because his returns were leaked by a contractor, not by the IRS.)
violated DOJ policy that settlements must be limited to relevant matters.
only applies to Mr Trump while DOJ fought lawsuits by other parties pertaining to the same leaks.
It disobeys a law that should have prevented the IRS from withdrawing audits at the president’s pleasure.
ignores judicial accountability creating a false “settlement” that took the case out of court.
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As Trump’s personal lawyer, Mr Blanches' firm was paid over $9m in 2023 and 2024 by a Trump PAC
