Former IRS officials call for judge to scrutinize Trump's 'breathtakingly improper' immunity from audits [View all]
A group of former officials with the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to scrutinize a controversial deal that granted President Donald Trump and his family sweeping immunity from past tax audits.
They alleged that the deal to resolve Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax documents in exchange for immunity from past audits was "unprecedented and breathtakingly improper."
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams reopened the case last month after a group of 35 former federal judges alleged that the settlement -- which included both the immunity and the DOJ's now-scuttled $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" -- was deceptive and a "fraud on the court."
In an amicus brief filed Monday, the former officials argued that the audit provision was unlawful and should be scrutinized.
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