{"id":909984,"date":"2026-06-02T15:14:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/doj-gives-trump-free-pass-on-tax-audits\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:14:39","slug":"doj-gives-trump-free-pass-on-tax-audits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/doj-gives-trump-free-pass-on-tax-audits\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ gives Trump free pass on tax audits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Justice Department gave President Trump<\/a> and his business a free pass on any past tax crimes on Tuesday, saying the government is \u201cforever barred\u201d from pursuing those cases.<\/p>\n

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed the agreement a day after Mr. Trump agreed to dismiss his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS for leaking his secret tax information.<\/p>\n

The pardon applies to \u201cany matters currently pending, or that could be pending (including tax returns, filed before the effective date)\u201d and appears to cover all government agencies.<\/p>\n

The document was revealed just hours after Mr. Blanche appeared on Capitol Hill, though he did not mention it to lawmakers.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear why it was part of the settlement released a day earlier.<\/p>\n

The agreement angered Democrats.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only is this another heinously corrupt act by the most corrupt administration in history; it\u2019s clearly a violation of the law that prohibits interference by executive branch officials in IRS audits,\u201d said Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee.<\/p>\n

He urged future administrations not to abide by the deal.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump says he has been the victim of unprecedented targeting by the government.<\/p>\n

The leak of his tax information came during his first term. An anti-Trump contractor for the IRS obtained the information and gave it to The New York Times.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump broke decades of precedent as the GOP\u2019s nominee in 2016, and later as president, by refusing to release his own tax returns.<\/p>\n

He initially said it was because he was under audit by the IRS and didn\u2019t want to interfere with that process.<\/p>\n

The U.S. House obtained some of his tax returns and released them to the public in 2022, just before Democrats ceded control to the GOP after that year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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