Trump’s IRS Settlement Raises Corruption and Tax Fraud Concerns

LETTER: Iowans are paying to shield Trump from IRS audits

The U.S. Senate after an all night session on funding immigration enforcement bill, voted on and passed 52-47. Both our Iowa senators voted yes. But what did your senators vote yes for?

Donald Trump Tried To Sue The IRS, Settle With Himself, And Grant His Family Lifetime Immunity

Donald Trump is facing fresh scrutiny in Miami and Washington after court records showed he sought to sue the Internal Revenue Service, enter a settlement with his own Justice Department and secure sweeping immunity for himself and his sons. The Donald Trump case has become a striking test of how far a sitting president can push the machinery of government before judges decide the whole thing has gone too far. For context, the dispute began on 2…

Trump’s IRS settlement raises corruption and tax fraud concerns

Wouldn’t you love to have a “Get Out of Jail Free Card?” That appears to be what President Donald Trump has won in a settlement with the IRS arranged by his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche, now fighting his battles as acting U.S. attorney general. The guarantee that neither Trump nor his family or organization can ever be audited for tax fraud is just the latest Trump scheme to use the power of the presidency to punish his critics and enrich…

Trump's bumbling attempt to rob American taxpayers is backfiring

Whoever designed President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department must be a fan of the Ocean’s Eleven movie franchise. The multi-act plot lines are strikingly similar: Put together a motley crew of risk takers; pick a seemingly invincible target rich in treasure; infiltrate the target; exploit its weaknesses; and get away with an improbable heist while the guards are asleep, distracted…

DOJ Agency Has No Record of Trump’s Shady IRS Settlement

The Justice Department office that should have handled Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS says it has no records about it at all.

Trump and Co.'s Bumbling Attempt to Rob US Taxpayers Is Backfiring

President Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS reads like an Ocean's Eleven plot. Will his heist for immunity succeed? Most likely, no.