Joe Kernen: Trump IRS settlement 'smells bad'
Key takeaways
- Trump dropped the lawsuit to launch the $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund to compensate those who claim they have been wrongly investigated or prosecuted by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
- It just looks — smells bad, Kernen said in an interview with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.).
- Emmer called it unfair to only say Trump is upset, adding that Americans are upset because they don t want to see their government be used against anyone, Donald Trump or anybody else.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Trump dropped the lawsuit to launch the $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund to compensate those who claim they have been wrongly investigated or prosecuted by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, formerly Trump s personal lawyer, announced the fund Monday and signed a memo ordering the IRS to never audit Trump s prior tax returns or to pursue certain claims against him, his family or his businesses.
It just looks — smells bad, Kernen said in an interview with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.). But I have said the president is so upset with the way he s been treated in terms of lawfare that if he can do something, he does it because he can at this point.