The Steady Drip: DOJ Settlement Shields Trump From IRS (Connecting the Dots: Politico, IRS, John Koskinen, The U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of the Treasury & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

DOJ Settlement Shields Trump From IRS (Connecting the Dots: Politico, IRS, John Koskinen, The U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of the Treasury & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

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By Sam Barron | Tuesday, 19 May 2026 04:35 PM EDT

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/irs-department-of-justice-donald-trump/2026/05/19/id/1256837/

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that as part of its settlement with President Donald Trump, the IRS will no longer pursue any claims it may have against Trump, his family members, or his companies over unpaid taxes.

The agreement, signed by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, says it encompasses "tax returns filed before the effective date" of the May 18 settlement.

The IRS waiver comes after the Trump administration announced the creation of a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies of the Republican president who assert that they were mistreated by the Department of Justice under the Biden administration.

The Anti-Weaponization Fund was announced by the department as part of a deal to resolve the president's lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns.

Blanche called it a "lawful process for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress."

Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward defended the settlement agreement between Trump and the Department of Justice.

"I already have the authority to settle any claim that is brought against the United States of America," Woodward told reporters.

"I think that it's way, way, way too early for us to rush to judgment on whether this was a good or a bad idea, to describe it as a slush fund, or really even to criticize it," he added.

John Koskinen, who served as IRS commissioner under the Obama administration, told Politico the expanded settlement set a "terrible precedent."

"It makes you wonder what the President has to hide in those tax returns. He's apparently been actively trading in the stock market and, since he knows a lot more about situations than the average investor, he's probably generated significant taxable earnings," Koskinen said.

"Not auditing his returns is the same as giving him an easy way to, in effect, receive money from the government," Koskinen added.

Danny Werfel, who served as IRS commissioner under the Biden administration, told Politico he was "unaware of a single precedent where the IRS has agreed in advance to permanently forgo examination of previously filed tax returns for a specific person or business."

John Koskinen

48th Commissioner of Internal Revenue

In office

December 23, 2013 – November 12, 2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Koskinen

Early life

Koskinen was born on June 30, 1939, in Cleveland, Ohio. He has Finnish-American roots, because his grandparents came from Finland to the United States at the beginning of the 1900s.[2][3] In 1957, Koskinen graduated high school at Ashland High School (now known as Paul G. Blazer High School) in Ashland, Kentucky. He graduated magna cum laude with a BA in physics from Duke University in 1961, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws, cum laude from Yale Law School in 1964, and did postgraduate work at Queens' College, Cambridge in England from 1964 to 1965.

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Tom Daschle is a board member for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation and a director at the Center for American Progress.

Robert L. Hutchings is a board member for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, the dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award, has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).

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Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

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Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress and the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Philip A. Odeen is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was the chairman for the AES Corporation.

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Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award, has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), was a professor at Yale University and a professor at Duke University.

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Robert K. Steel was the chairman for Duke University and the chairman for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

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Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).

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Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

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John A. Koskinen was the chairman for Freddie Mac, the commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS and is a director at the AES Corporation.

Philip A. Odeen was the chairman for the AES Corporation and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

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Resources: Past Research

Politico Writer Shares Gif of Himself Burning American Flag (Past Research on Politico)

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/politico-writer-shares-gif-of-himself.html

Sen. Warren Presses Amazon on Algorithmic Pricing for Schools (Connecting the Dots: Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ganesh Sitaraman, The Center for American Progress, Amazon, HUD, The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, The Urban Institute, The U.S. Department of Education & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Carnegie Corporation New York)

Thursday, March 12, 2026

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/03/sen-warren-presses-amazon-on.html

IRS Chief Koskinen a Major Democratic Donor for 4 Decades (Past Research on the IRS & John A. Koskinen)

Sunday, June 29, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/06/irs-chief-koskinen-major-democratic.html

Politico Yanks Cartoon Over Claims of Antisemitism (Connecting the Dots: Politico The Washington Free Beacon & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on Politico)

Sunday, March 29, 2026

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/03/politico-yanks-cartoon-over-claims-of.html

***LIVE UPDATES*** Campus Crazies on ‘Million Student March’ (Past Research on Yale University)

Thursday, November 12, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/11/live-updates-campus-crazies-on-million.html

Muslim Call to Prayer to be Chanted Every Friday at Duke University (Past Research on Duke University)

Sunday, January 18, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/01/muslim-call-to-prayer-to-be-chanted.html

Hours After John Kerry Demands Green Transition Accelerated – His Emissions Closet Swings Wide Open (Connecting the Dots: Cameron Kerry, John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Soros, the Climate Reality Project, the Brookings Institution (think tank), the EPA and onto the FDA, Pfizer & Johnson & Johnson. It’s the Network That Never Ends. One Project (Climate Change) Just bleeds into the Next (Covid Project)) (Past Research on Cameron Kerry)

Thursday, July 21, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/07/hours-after-john-kerry-demands-green.html John Bolton to Newsmax: Trump an Aberration; I'll Be Proven Right (Connecting the Dots: John Bolton, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Human Rights First, Sidley Austin LLP, Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc, Export-Import Bank of the US & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Sidley Austin LLP)

Friday, January 17, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/john-bolton-to-newsmax-trump-aberration.html

Create Intergenerational Wealth With Dividend Growth Stocks (Connecting the Dots: Abbott Laboratories, Commercial Club of Chicago, FDA, CDC, S&P, McGraw Hill Financial Inc & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Commercial Club of Chicago)

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/create-intergenerational-wealth-with.html

Rep. Ken Buck on D.C.’s Swamp: Politicians Are ‘Bought with Taxpayer Dollars’ (Researchers Note: Follow the Money!) (Past Research on the U.S. Department of Justice & the U.S. Department of the Treasury)

Saturday, April 15, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/04/rep-ken-buck-on-dcs-swamp-politicians.html

Musk Says DOGE, Treasury Agree on New Anti-Fraud Measures to Claw Back $50 Billion in Payment Fraud (Connecting the Dots: The U.S. Department of the Treasury, The IRS, The Social Security Administration (SSA) Timothy Geithner, Kissinger Associates, Inc., Henry Kissinger, Bohemian Club, Belizean Grove & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on U.S. Department of the Treasury & Timothy Geithner)

Sunday, February 9, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/02/musk-says-doge-treasury-agree-on-new.html

Dr. Morton Halperin – J Street Education Fund (Connecting the Dots: J Street, Morton Halperin, The Open Society Foundations, Newsmax’s Mark Halperin, Rhonda (Randi) Weingarten, The ONE Campaign, MSNBC, ACLU, The Carnegie & Soros Funding) (Past Research on the ONE Campaign)

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/06/dr-morton-halperin-j-street-education.html