Justice Department bars IRS action on Trump taxes (opens in new tab)

The U.S. government agreed to permanently drop tax claims and audits involving President Trump, his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, the Trump Organization and related family businesses as part of a settlement resolving Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns. A one-page addendum that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed says the United States is “forever barred and precluded” from examining, prosecuting or pursuing claims, including m...