The justice department quietly added a provision barring the IRS from auditing Donald Trump’s tax returns on Tuesday, amending a widely criticized agreement that creates a secretive and loosely controlled $1.776bn fund to compensate allies of the president.
The addendum, signed by Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, says the government is “forever barred” and “precluded” from examining the tax returns of Trump, his family, company and “related companies”. The agreement applies to anything filed before the agreement was reached. It was posted on the justice department website on Tuesday morning, a day after the department announced creation of the fund.
I starting to believe Paula Poundstone and think trump is so tired of losing that he’s trying to get “fired” by these egregious, in-your-face acts.
LOL, you mean until a future addendum undoing it and then it’s like it never existed? Clowns…
No no it’s for super infinity forever + 1.
They will receive justice. Otherwise the US is just a failed state.
Name one president who has received justice for criminal acts in the USA in 250 years.
US has been a failed state for a long time. It’s just that Americans wouldn’t see it. Any attempt to talk about corruption and dangers of 2 party system (and both parties have same owners) was always met with ridicule and chest beating. I suppose decades of propaganda that never stopped did its thing. And now those same people are asking me what are they supposed to do, because there is nothing they can do (according to their own words)? Always fucking victims. Same people that bragged about 2nd amendment and their heroism and freedoms are now victim tweeting all day long. And they think that is resistance. They can’t handle the thought of losing their comfort(s).
America is a country of cowards now. And it didn’t use to be.
I always used to say that US’ biggest export was corruption. It still is.
Remember that if you criticize the Democratic party and don’t ‘vote blue no matter who,’ you’re a Russian operative undermining the US election process. It’s not that you have a fully functional brain and see both sides are actually all on one side. Russian operative. Only option.
/s, fucking Americans
America is 100% a country of selfish cowards.
Lol. That’s not a thing. This is an outright signal that they missed something that was easily open to prosecution.
“missed”
“Missed” meaning they probably disclosed something they were supposed to keep off the books.
This is fascism. It’s our new reality. Be ready for very bad times.
This is what the 2A is for.
No, the 2A is in case black people want to elect another President.
Problem is, most of the ones who have the guns are also the ones that like him and his corruption.
Then the Secret Service must all be fired for not being patriotic enough to put two into the back of the head.
Americans are far too chickenshit to do anything like that.
Trump is merely a vigorous test of the American democratic system, and that system has thoroughly failed. It lacks safeguards, guardrails, and checks and balances. If USA survives Trump presidency, and that is an IF, they need to rectify all of its failings immediately. Otherwise they are just inviting another authoritarian to take it over and make it a dictatorship.
America has always been an authoritarian dictatorship of capital. The rich have always ruled this country with impunity, and workers have never been allowed to hold real political power. American democracy has always been an illusion and marketing trick.
You dropped this
IF
maybe we survive just because he is an incompetent baffoon and this is the wake up call that fixes everything… Right? Tell me its gonna be ok mommy?
It might be if we don’t turn around and elect Joe Biden or some other dinosaur again
“You’ll get who Israel wants and you’ll like it.” -Chuck Schumer
How are we letting this become normal? Most of the American public will believe anything just as long as they don’t have to think too much about it.
Because if you try to discuss what needs to be done on the typical means of communication in the 21st century (i.e., fascist-controlled social media), you’ll be censored (and possibly referred to the FBI for prosecution as a “terrorist”) before you can even begin to get organized.
Normal is what got us here. It’s been a long time coming. Time to start lobbing mortars at the White House when he’s in the shower.
Well he could release them then right? Wasnt that the reason he would never release them previously?
Clearly the behavior of someone that has nothing to hide.
Also,
That won’t outlast the next administration. If there is one.
🎯🎯🎯You don’t build yourself a ballroom if you’re leaving.
Can’t wait for them discover even more crimes that won’t result in charges.
Joke of a country
I’m gonna stop having my taxes deducted ahead of time. It’s not much, but fuck them. Why let them get the interest?
They charge an underpayment penalty for doing that now.
What’s the penalty?
Huh. I wonder if Spanky has something to hide, hmmmm?
what a stupid time to be alive.
I really should have killed myself like I said I would. But fuck, I want to be part of the world’s largest block party when he fucking dies.
please -just live- man. I know all this shit is whack but it’s life. good and bad comes and goes.
time is the real fucker.
I am looking forward to the “LegalEagle” breakdown of how this is complete bullshit….
You don’t need an expert to tell you this is bullshit, it’s complete bullshit, the president is a citizen of the United States like the rest of us.
Not according to SCOTUS. They ruled he is above the laws.
Lemmy Americans are bizarre, you guys really don’t understand what has been happening since 2025.
You’re totally right since this doesn’t even come close to passing the smell test. I just like when they dunk on this shit. Not that anyone will ever do anything about it.
