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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Lawsuit calls on judge to block Trump’s ‘breathtakingly corrupt’ IRS immunity deal after stopping slush fund

Plaintiffs who successfully blocked Donald Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” in court are asking a federal judge to strike down an IRS immunity deal that shields the president, his family and their businesses from tax investigations.

The lawsuit — brought by a former federal prosecutor and other ideological and political opponents of the Trump administration who were allegedly victims of federal government retaliation — was refiled Thursday after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche salvaged the president’s IRS deal in a protracted debate over his nomination as the nation’s top law enforcement official.

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