Letter to the editorA sham IRS settlement

On 5-18 the Department of Justice announced the “settlement” of trump’s sham lawsuit against the IRS that creates a $1.776 billion fund to hand out to basically the January 6th insurrectionists. On 5-19 Todd Blanche, trump’s former criminal defense lawyer and now acting Attorney General and supposedly the adversarial party in this lawsuit disclosed an additional portion of the settlement. It includes language that the IRS is “forever barred & precluded from prosecuting, examining or pursuing any claims against Donald Trump, his adult sons, his related trusts, & affiliated businesses”. This “settlement” is a blatant theft of taxpayer money to give to thugs. Using “1776” is also a deliberate insult to our 250th anniversary. It also shows how afraid Trump is of transparency on his taxes (just like the Epstein files). It also shows his attitude toward women as he does not include his 2 daughters in this additional portion. But the most frightening thing about this “settlement” is the message to those he would like to see interfere with the election! The message is not only will I pardon you for your crimes, I will pay you. And where are our congressmen? All 5 of them have been silent on the additional portion. Moran, Marshall & Schmidt have made noises about concerns about the fund. Mann & Estes have been silent. But none of them have done anything, just like they haven’t done anything on the tariffs or the Epstein files.