‘Corruption on steroids’: Trump drops tax office lawsuit in return for $2.5b ‘slush fund’
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-05-19 05:35 UTC+10:00
Section: World / North America
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Law & Courts, Tax & Budget, World News, US Politics, Crime & Justice
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Washington: President Donald Trump settled his lawsuit against the US tax office through the creation of an unusual multibillion-dollar fund to compensate victims of supposed government “weaponisation”, which was immediately described by Democrats as a MAGA slush fund.
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