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Chief Critic<\/h2>\n

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said Wednesday that Bessent\u2019s refusal to answer basic questions about the settlement agreement \u201cjust makes no sense at all,\u201d pointing to his longtime experience as an attorney, adding he has \u201csome sense of what is protected\u201d under attorney-client privilege. \u201cI think it\u2019s completely inappropriate to have this game of dodge \u2018em be pursued without any consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Surprising Fact<\/h2>\n

The one question Bessent did answer Wednesday regarding the IRS settlement was on whether he knew Trump would sue the IRS before the lawsuit was filed, with the treasury secretary only responding, \u201cI did not.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Does The Settlement Agreement Say?<\/h2>\n

The immunity provision of Trump\u2019s IRS settlement states the federal government is \u201cforever barred\u201d and from prosecuting or bringing civil claims against Trump, his two eldest sons and the Trump Organization\u2014the plaintiffs in the IRS suit\u2014and \u201caffiliated individuals\u201d based on allegations that \u201chave been or could have been asserted\u201d by the time the settlement was reached. The agreement specifically singles out \u201ctax returns filed before the Effective Date,\u201d meaning the IRS cannot audit Trump or his eldest sons\u2019 existing tax returns, but also more broadly gives the plaintiffs immunity from \u201cany matters currently pending or that could be pending\u201d before both the IRS and \u201cother agencies or departments.\u201d While the exact scope of the agreement would likely have to be tested in court, legal experts have interpreted it as giving the president broad legal immunity for any actions he\u2019s previously taken. That\u2019s led some critics to interpret the agreement as a way for Trump to circumvent potential issues with the president pardoning himself.<\/p>\n

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Tangent<\/h2>\n

In addition to Democrats\u2019 concerns about the IRS settlement, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., also challenged Bessent on Wednesday about Trump\u2019s slew of recent stock trades, as recent financial disclosures indicate the president made nearly 4,000 trades between January and March alone. Warren pointed to Bessent\u2019s past criticism of members of Congress trading stocks and asked if that extended to the president\u2014but Bessent deflected, saying Congress should take care of its own situation around stock trading first and \u201clead by example\u201d rather than focus on Trump. \u201cPresident Trump is not sitting in the Oval Office engaging in a high-frequency trading strategy, clearly he has an outside manager who was doing that,\u201d Bessent said. Warren hit back, telling Bessent he \u201cknow[s] better\u201d than to think Trump was fully blind to his stock trades and she \u201cwould like to see the President of the United States lead by example.\u201d Bessent also deflected when asked if Trump should face an investigation for whether he traded based on insider information, telling Warren he was \u201cnot a lawyer\u201d and claiming the government should \u201cinvestigate many people on this committee\u201d instead.<\/p>\n

Key Background<\/h2>\n

Trump reached his agreement with the IRS last month after previously suing the agency for $10 billion, alleging it violated his privacy when an IRS contractor leaked details of his tax returns to media outlets. The settlement was reached as the judge overseeing the case was deciding whether it should be thrown out altogether, as it was unclear if Trump and his own IRS were actually opposing parties eligible to be in litigation against each other. The $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund, designed to provide relief to those who believe they\u2019ve been victimized by the government, was scuttled after even Republican lawmakers opposed the agreement, which threatened the GOP\u2019s ability to pass a funding bill if Republicans joined with Democrats to add amendments that would kill the fund. DOJ initially said only that it would follow a court ruling that put the fund on hold temporarily, which sparked confusion about whether it could be reinstated in the future, before Blanche clarified Tuesday the plan was killed altogether.<\/p>\n

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Further Reading<\/h2>\n

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