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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

‘Dirty deal’: Trump bailed himself out of IRS trouble and got a $1.8B ‘slush fund’ for allies. Legal experts sound the alarm

After Donald Trump sued his own administration for $10 billion, pitting his personal lawyers against the Department of Justice, the president was gifted a broad, single-page document that gives him sweeping immunity from tax crimes.

Under the guise of a “settlement” between his lawyers and his administration, the president and his allies will both receive government handouts potentially worth tens of millions of dollars. Alleged “victims” of government “weaponization” can file for a piece of a nearly $1.8 billion compensation fund, while the president, his family and their businesses escape government scrutiny for tax debts over which they have been under investigation for more than a decade.

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