IRS Union Backs Suit Over Trump Audit Immunity and Jan. 6 Slush Fund
TL;DR
An association representing career IRS employees joined a lawsuit challenging a settlement that would immunize Trump and relatives from certain audits, arguing the carve-out is unlawful and unconstitutional; the amended suit in the Eastern District of Virginia adds the National Treasury Employees Union to oppose the plan linked to an about $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund that had been temporarily blocked, with critics saying it would benefit Trump allies including some Jan. 6 participants.
- IRS worker’s group joins Jan. 6 ‘slush fund’ suit, seeking to block Trump audit carveout NBC News
- Union Representing IRS Workers Sues Over Trump’s Deal Granting Sweeping Tax Protections The New York Times
- Justice Department Sued Over Trump IRS Audit Immunity Shield Bloomberg.com
- Trump faces suit over immunity memo signed by Blanche The Hill
- Lawsuit calls on judge to block Trump’s ‘breathtakingly corrupt’ IRS immunity deal after stopping slush fund The Independent
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