@JonChevreau One frustrating thing is that there are still a lot of "left" people who say this is the system "working as intended". They are so freaking desperate to cling onto their core belief that the Democrats suck that they will insist all of this is because the Democrats are in on it and this is all what both political parties want.
BULLSHIT.
This is NOT the system working as intended! It's all Trump. It's all Republicans.
@JonChevreau They'll still go, "AHA! See this? A Democrat did something I disagree with! So don't tell ME to Vote Blue!"
As if they actually have some legitimate point that made even the slightest amount of logical or moral sense.
💯 it is not Democrats who are stealing $1.8B from the US Treasury.
@JonChevreau This "addendum" effectively creates an absolute immunity so that trump and family never again have to bother either filing Federal tax returns or paying Federal taxes.
Who still believes that trump is not a king?
Congress refuses to fulfill its constitutional oath and constitutional duty.
If I were God for a day, they would go first to prison
"...the U.S. pledges to cease pursuing any matters that are or could be pending with the IRS and with other agencies or departments."
The Justice Department is "other agencies or departments".
The Epstein files are "matters".
@davidtheeviloverlord @JonChevreau I had not noticed the "other agencies or departments" language.
And if it is as you say then this "settlement" is better cast as a coronation (sans gilded coach and horses).
I am going to mention your comment via another post in which I ask "is this a valid interpretation". (It's not that I am questioning you, rather I'm trying to understand how far that phrase goes.)
Feel free to question. I really hope I'm wrong about this.
@davidtheeviloverlord @JonChevreau By the way I do not see that language in the settlement document.
I.e. I can not find the words "...the U.S. pledges to cease pursuing any matters that are or could be pending with the IRS and with other agencies or departments."
In the document shown at:
I haven't seen the document, only posts allegedly quoting the document.
I'm happy to be wrong about this.
@davidtheeviloverlord @JonChevreau A newer document may have come out ... here's an article about it, but I don't have a link to the document itself.
(If anyone finds a link I'd like to know it.)
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This is the May 19 "order" by Todd Blanche https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1441216/dl following the May 18 "order" establishing the size of the fund at $1.776 billion https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1441086/dl following the May 18 "settlement" https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1441201/dl which the judge on May 18 wrote that the case was closed without reference of any settlement. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172.62.0_4.pdf
Edited press release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-anti-weaponization-fund
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Section III, subsection B states:
In exchange for the relief provided in this Settlement Agreement, and except as provided herein (e.g., the claims process described below), Plaintiffs hereby RELEASE, WAIVE,
ACQUIT, and FOREVER DISCHARGE Defendants and the United States from, and are hereby FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing, any and all claims, charges...
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counterclaims, causes of action, appeals, or requests for any relief,
including injunctive, monetary, damages, tax payments, debt relief, costs, attorney's fees, expenses, and/or interest, that-as of the Effective Date-have been or could have been asserted by Plaintiffs in the Case or the...
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Pending Agency Claims, by reason of, with respect to, in connection with, or which arise out of, matters in the Case or the Pending Agency Claims.
It comes down to definitions in III B, I think.
If the "Agency" in "Pending Agency Claims" is defined as the IRS, then Trump has "only" gotten himself immunity from tax laws.
If the "Defendants and the United States" are forever barred from prosecuting?
@opethminded @davidtheeviloverlord @JonChevreau The maga klan is arguing that the 10th amendment does not exist to create dual sovereignties, state and Federal. And they go further to claim that supremacy of law clause in the Constitution actually means supremacy in all things, even when that thing is clearly in the realm of the states.
Personally I think states, like my California, should tax these trump bribes and gifts at at least 100%. Or higher. (There are taxes levied by the IRS at a 200% rate - check out "Intermediate Sanctions".)
I would hope that could be overturned by future legislation.
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