Groups challenging Donald Trump’s IRS deal expanded their lawsuit Thursday to target the tax-audit immunity deal involving the president and some of his family members.
The amended complaint adds to earlier legal action from the same plaintiffs, who wanted to block the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that emerged as part of Trump’s settlement with the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department. The plaintiffs, including former federal prosecutor Andrew Floyd, want the DOJ to “permanently set aside the creation and operation of the lawless Fund and to set aside the corrupt Immunity Order.”
After the Senate postponed a vote on Blanche’s confirmation over members’ concerns about the fund, the acting attorney general on Sunday issued a written rescission order to win over key Republican holdouts. While Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Cornyn said they were satisfied with the statement, other Republicans like Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski say they are still on the fence.