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Former DOJ Counsel Calls Trump IRS Settlement Most Corrupt Action in American History
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536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?
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"Brendan Ballou, who's a former Justice Department special counsel, described the slush fund as the most corrupt action in American history."
The podcast highlighted a $1.776 billion IRS settlement creating a Trump-controlled fund with minimal oversight to compensate alleged victims of Biden DOJ weaponization, including January 6 rioters. Former DOJ special counsel Brendan Ballou characterized it as potentially the most corrupt action in American history. The settlement also halts all ongoing IRS audits of the Trump family.
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