A settlement between President Donald Trump and his administration to end a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS drew criticism. The criticism focused on a funding-related move that would reverse audits and permanently end them, described as potentially inappropriate or suspicious. A Republican lawmaker argued that the Senate often claims it lacks votes for widely supported legislation, and said the added fund was inserted into a funding bill after Democrats refused to fund CBP and ICE. He said Republicans should hear details from Trump’s lawyer before condemning the measure. The host also questioned whether Trump’s personal lawyer becoming attorney general could have enabled removal of the audits, saying it looks and smells bad.
"The slush fund, or whatever you want to call it, the move to go back on the audits and permanently put those to bed, is that a bridge too far for some Republicans that might have been uncomfortable with other things? Is that-, are we finally hitting a point where some people are saying enough, or Let's first put it in context, Emmer replied."
"This is a Senate that tells us regularly they don't have the votes. They don't have the votes for the SAVE America Act that more than 70% of Americans agree with. You're bringing up something that was added, as I understand it, to the funding bill we call it the funding bill because we had to do it with 50-plus-one because Democrats apparently hate our law enforcement and weren't willing to fund CBP and ICE. Now they've added this fund."
"I would like to hear from Todd Blanche. I understand that they [Senate Republicans] started to hear from him yesterday as to exactly what this is. Great! Let's find out what it is before everybody crucifies it. I think people over there look for excuses every day to say no instead of enacting the agenda of 77 million people."
"Maybe having your own personal lawyer at this point become AG, the AG is the only person that could have gotten rid of these audits, right? And it was his personal lawyer! It just looks It just look-, smells bad! But I have said the president is so upset with the way he's been treated in terms of lawfare that if he can do something, he does it because he can"
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