The justice department quietly added a provision barring the IRS from auditing Donald Trump’s tax returns on Tuesday, amending a widely criticized agreement that creates a secretive and loosely controlled $1.776bn fund to compensate allies of the president.

The addendum, signed by Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, says the government is ā€œforever barredā€ and ā€œprecludedā€ from examining the tax returns of Trump, his family, company and ā€œrelated companiesā€. The agreement applies to anything filed before the agreement was reached. It was posted on the justice department website on Tuesday morning, a day after the department announced creation of the fund.

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    22 days ago

    maybe we survive just because he is an incompetent baffoon and this is the wake up call that fixes everything… Right? Tell me its gonna be ok mommy?