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Igel

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4. You misrepresent the terms of the proposed settlement.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:31 AM
Yesterday

Presupposed in the question, "How can immunity be provided to an entire group (the Trump family) in perpetuity?" is that the settlement has the provision that "Trump's family is granted tax-audit immunity in perpetuity."

That is false.

Like Biden's pardon, it's for past, um, 'alleged improprieties.' Biden didn't grant Hunter (or anybody else in that list of folk) a pardon for anything that happened in 6/25 or next year. He granted them a pardon for violations of federal law that may have been done as of the date in the pardon. He did it because he assumed, rightly or wrongly, that after Trump was inaugurated then and only then would prosecutors go after those that were his friends and allies and family.

Same with this provision. It bars audits for Trump-family federal tax-related matters that are before a specific date already past. Because he assumes, rightly or wrongly, that after his successor is inaugurated prosecutors would go after those that were his friends and allies and family.

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