Even if Trump kills his $1.8 billion slush fund, his IRS lawsuit headache isn’t over
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MS NOW frames this as a morality play: a “slush fund” here, “immunity” there, and the assumption that the only interesting question is how long Trump can dodge accountability. That framing skips a more basic problem: the public still does not know what, exactly, the IRS did, why it did it, and who signed off. Conservatives are not allergic to oversight.
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The controversial settlement included both a fund that has sparked a political backlash and future IRS immunity for the president, his relatives and Trump businesses. The post Even if Trump kills his $1.8 billion slush fund, his IRS lawsuit headache isn’t over appeared first on MS NOW .
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MS NOW frames this as a morality play: a “slush fund” here, “immunity” there, and the assumption that the only interesting question is how long Trump can dodge accountability. That framing skips a more basic problem: the public still does not know what, exactly, the IRS did, why it did it, and who signed off.
Conservatives are not allergic to oversight. We are wary of oversight that treats federal agencies as neutral actors by default, especially when politics and tax enforcement collide. The real concern is equal application of the law, not whether one headline-friendly fund survives the week.
If there were misconduct, pursue it through rule-of-law transparency and normal process, not vague insinuations. And if settlements create carve-outs, those terms should be public and justified. Public trust in institutions is the asset being spent here, and it is harder to rebuild than any dollar figure.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.