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The announcement that the DOJ intends to create a $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization fund\u201d drew bipartisan condemnation over accusations that it would reward convicted J6 rioters, as did a somewhat lesser discussed clause in the agreement, which banned the IRS from auditing President Donald Trump, his family, or organization \u201cforever.\u201d According to CNN<\/u>, the settlement is about more than mere taxes, and is part of Trump\u2019s concerted effort to undermine presidential checks and balances and insulate himself from future prosecution. <\/p>\n

Read more Legal scholar reveals why Trump\u2019s \u2018bogus\u2019 IRS immunity will backfire on him<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cTrump is dismantling post-Watergate transparency mandates<\/u>, attacking Congress\u2019 power of the purse, rewarding loyalists accused of committing crimes that support his causes, and assaulting independent agencies and executive branch watchdogs,\u201d writes CNN. According to former government attorneys and constitutional scholars who spoke with the outlet, \u201cTrump has done so by capitalizing on and accelerating an expansion of presidential power embraced by the conservative Supreme Court, and by blowing through norms and political gravity that reined in other presidents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many of the constraints he\u2019s ignoring were set in place by Congress in the wake of Richard Nixon\u2019s abuses. At the time, the goal was to restrict presidential power. But Trump has \u201cbarreled through the post-Watergate reforms,\u201d firing inspectors general tasked with investigating fraud and abuse and side-stepping transparency efforts set in place by the Presidential Records Act.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019ve now seen is this dramatic pendulum swing in favor of just more executive power that\u2019s consolidated within the president himself, that\u2019s no longer dispersed,\u201d said University of Southern California Gould School of Law Professor Adam Zimmerman. <\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s latest effort involves the IRS settlement, which \u201cis more sweeping in its protections for the president than initially reported<\/u>. Its language could shield Trump from more than just tax-related probes\u2026 but any government claims related to Trump pre-settlement conduct that fits under the agreement\u2019s conception of lawfare\u2019 or \u2018weaponization.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

While those terms are legally meaningless, another part of the agreement defines them in \u201cextremely broad terms,\u201d so effectively, \u201cthe deal seeks to forbid all sorts of federal enforcement actions or reviews that could be aimed at past conduct by Trump, his family or his businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

And as CNN reports, Trump\u2019s efforts to shield himself from prosecution extend far beyond the settlement. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, he did so with the benefit of a sweeping 2023 presidential immunity precedent from the Supreme Court that wasn\u2019t on the books for his first term,\u201d notes CNN. \u201cThat Supreme Court case dealt with Trump\u2019s immunity in criminal prosecutions of conduct that could be connected to official presidential acts. But the Justice Department is also now pushing back against the civil lawsuits against the president related to the January 6 assault on the US Capitol. Meanwhile, DOJ is working on regulations that would sideline investigations by state bar associations into department lawyers for attorney disciplinary proceedings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Trump insiders freak out as private polling reveals \u2018spiraling unpopularity\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

This, say critics, results in an atmosphere in which pro-Trump lawyers will be encouraged to break ethical rules on behalf of the president, such as those who fought for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, \u201cthe broad criteria for whom could benefit from the nearly $1.8 billion fund could incentivize individuals to not comply with congressional investigations into the president.\u201d Trump has already leveraged the Justice Department to attack and punish those who supported investigations into his conduct, while erasing legal threats to his allies. As CNN detailed, \u201cCapitol riot prosecutors and DOJ employees involved in former special counsel Jack Smith\u2019s investigations were fired. The Justice Department dismissed the contempt-of-Congress case against former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, for his defiance of a House January 6 probe subpoena. Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James \u2014 both the faces of high-profile investigations into Trump \u2014 have been targeted with criminal charges.\u201d<\/p>\n

And in regard to his allies, \u201cTrump granted clemency to everyone charged or convicted in the Capitol attack, and now top administration officials are not ruling out those defendants \u2014 including those convicted of assaulting law enforcement \u2014 receiving payouts from the new fund.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s sending the signal louder every day, that if you commit a crime on his behalf, you have nothing to worry about. In fact, you\u2019ll be celebrated, and perhaps rewarded financially,\u201d said Gregg Nunziata, who previously served as a lawyer in several Republican Senate offices.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a completely fair concern that this could be part of a significant set of incentives for people not to potentially participate in future government investigations, or even the legislative hearings that, we might imagine, would take place if the Democrats took the House or the Senate,\u201d warned Zimmerman.<\/p>\n

According to former longtime DOJ attorney Doug Letter, \u201cIt takes a certain amount of honorable conduct for our government to work,\u201d and Trump\u2019s goes \u201cso far beyond what anybody thought when putting together the Constitution and our system of government, I am not sure what the real check is, other than impeachment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Republicans privately getting ready to start a new battle at Trump\u2019s demand<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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