Trump Audit Immunity Deal Illegal

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) made an Illegal Deal with Trump (R) to Immunize Him, His Family and His Businesses, from Audits or other Federal Probes related to Past Filings, a Group of TaxEexperts and former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Officials told a Judge.

The Settlement, part of a Broader Agreement to Resolve Trump’s Controversial $10 billion Lawsuit against the IRS over a Leak of His Private Data, Violates a Clause in the Constitution, barringPpresidents from Receiving any Non-Salary Compensation, the Group said in a Filing 6/22/2026 in Miami Federal Court.

“The termination of tax audits alone could save his businesses $100 million or more,” according to the Group, which includes former IRS Commissioner John Koskinen (D) and former Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division Kathryn Keneally (D). “This appears to be a special deal just for Trump, as DOJ is continuing to defend other cases involving similar leaks of taxpayer information.”

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams (I), who had earlier Closed the Case after it Settled, is considering Reopening it to Investigate whether Trump and DOJ Defrauded the Court by Filing a Ccollusive” Lawsuit. It’s the latest Fallout from the DOJ’s ControversialSsettlement with Trump, the 1st to Sue His Oown Government. A Spokesman for Trump’s Legal Team Defended the Deal.

“The IRS wrongly allowed a rogue, politically-motivated employee to leak private and confidential information about President Trump, his family, and the Trump Organization to the New York Times, ProPublica and other left-wing news outlets, which was then illegally released to millions of people,” the Spokesman said 6/23/2026.

The other part of the Settlement was the Creation of a $1.8 billion Fund for Alleged Victims of Political “weaponization.” However, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (R) said that Plan has been Scrapped after a Bipartisan Outcry, though the Audit Immunization Deal will Remain.

Trump in 1/2026 Sued the IRS, an Agency He Controls, Over the Unauthorized Leak of His Tax Information to the Press in 2019. The Suit effectively put Trump in Control of Both sides of the Litigation, with Taxpayers on the Hook for Any Settlement.

On 5/18/2026, Trump Agreed to Drop the Suit in Exchange for the Government Creating the Weaponization Fund, which many Democrats said would be used to Enrich His Allies and Supporters. The next day, the DOJ Agreed to Immunize Trump as part of the same Settlement.

In Assessing the Possible Value of the Immunity Deal to Trump and His Businesses, the Group cited a potential Tax Liability Stemming from an IRS Probe of Trump’s Chicago Tower that was Underway as of 2024. They said the Immunity is particularly Inappropriate, because it relates to matters that go well beyond the Claims in Trump’s Lawsuit.

“The unprecedented immunity order is a brazen, but ultimately illegal, gift to Trump,” the Group said.

The Constitution bars Presidents from receiving any “Emolument” from the Government while they’re in Office. The Definition of “Emolument” was the Subject of Litigation during Trump’s First Term, and wasn’t Resolved by the time Hhe left, but it generally is Interpreted to mean a Profit or Financial Benefit.

Late last week, the DOJ Rebuffed a U.S. Judge’s Iinvitation in a related Lawsuit for Top Officials to Submit a Signed Statement under Oath that a $1.8 Billion Fund will Not happen, Arguing that such Declarations were “Unnecessary” and that Compelling Statements from High-Level Officials “implicates serious separation of powers concerns.”










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Judge Strikes Down Trump Database of SS Numbers and Citizenship Status

A Federal Judge on 6/22/2026 Blocked the Trump (S) from Creating a Centralized Database containing Social Security Numbers with Information about Voters’C citizenship Status and other Sensitive Data.

Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, an Appointee of Biden (D) saidOofficials across Numerous Government Agencies “haphazardly combined and repurposed the private information of millions of Americans, including citizenship data that they knew to be unreliable” in Order to Comply with Trump’s 3/2026 Executive Order (EO) attempting to Overhaul Federal Elections.

The Order required the Federal Government to establish a List of Eligible Voters based on available citizenship data and direct the U.S. Postal Service to only deliver mail-in ballots to individuals on each state’s approved voter roll.

Trump Specifically directed the Social Security Administration (SSA) to create a “State Citizenship List” derived from its Data, Naturalization Records and the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Database, an Existing Database maintained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that is used to Determine Eligibility for Federal Programs.

“Since then, states have partnered with the federal government to access the database and are actively removing United States citizens from voter rolls based on inaccurate information,” Sooknanan Wrote in Her 75 page Ruling.

“All in all, the federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote. This Court cannot stand idly by while that happens,” She added.

Sooknanan said Efforts to establish the Database were Unlawful and Violated the Social Security Act, Privacy Act, and Administrative Procedure Act. She Ruled in Favor of the "League of Women Voters", who brought the Lawsuit against DHS. The League of Women Voters is a Non-Partisan American Nonprofit Political organization. Founded in 1920, its ongoing Major Activities include Registering Voters, Providing Voter Information, Boosting Voter Tirnout.

“This protects millions from baseless investigations and unlawful voter roll purges – a critical win for voting rights,” Democracy Forward wrote in a Statement on the Ruling.










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Judge Blocks DOJ Tim Walz Subpoenas

A Federal Judge has Thrown-Out Justice Department (DOJ) Grand Jury Subpoenas Aimed at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and His Allies, calling them an Abusive and Retaliatory Process to Punish Walz based on His Refusal to Assist Trump’s (R) Immigration Crackdown.

In a Blistering Ruling, U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz said there was “no doubt” that the Subpoenas were Issued to Damage Walz, part of what He said was a Pattern of Trump Administration efforts to use Criminal Process to Punish the President’s Adversaries.

“Initiating a criminal investigation in order to harass political opponents or to coerce them into taking official action — particularly official action that the federal government cannot directly require those political opponents to take — is a blatantly unlawful and unethical use the grand-jury process,” Schiltz wrote in a 29-Page Ruling.

The George W. Bush (R) Appointed Chief Judge, said Trump’s Repeated Attacks and Promises of “Retribution against Walz and other Minnesota Officials establishes beyond reasonable dispute” that the Grand Jury Subpoenas, Issued at the Height of ICE’s Operation Metro Surge, “were a part of a broader campaign to coerce state and local officials in Minnesota to assist the Trump administration in its enforcement of immigration laws.”

The Federal Government is Barred by the Constitution, from Forcing States to Enforce Federal Laws, Schlitz added.

Moreover, Schiltz Linked the Subpoenas to what He called “the Trump administration's well-established history of using criminal investigations to retaliate against and pressure the President's political and personal adversaries.” Schiltz pointed to the Recent Investigation of Federal Reserve Chair, in which Another Federal Judge similarly Quashed Subpoenason the Grounds that they were Retaliatory.

The Ruling Rejects Six Grand Jury Subpoenas, that Federal Prosecutors Targeted at Walz, the Mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul, the Minnesota Attorney General, and Commissioners of Hennepin and Ramsey Counties.










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Russian Southern Supply Rroutes Crumbling

Ukrainian strikes on Russian maritime logistics, oil infrastructure, and air defense systems in Crimea and Krasnodar Krai overnight on June 21. The strikes targeted the Port of Kavkaz and TES-Terminal-1 oil depot located in Kerch and used by Russian forces to transport oil across the strait. The Ukrainian attacks also disabled four S-400 air defense complex radar stations and two Pantsir air defense systems on the Kerch Strait Bridge.

Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil and transport infrastructure are already disrupting Russian logistics, straining energy supplies, and worsening fuel shortages across occupied Crimea, the ISW noted.

Following the strikes on June 21, Russian occupational “authorities” announced that all gas stations in occupied Crimea stopped selling fuel to any non-state entities. Russian-installed energy company Krymenergo announced emergency power cuts, citing outages at regional grid facilities.

ISW assessed that the Kerch Strait strikes are part of an ongoing systematic Ukrainian campaign to deny Russian forces the use of supply routes to Crimea via occupied territories in southern Ukraine. Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces Commander Robert “Magyar” Brovdi confirmed that Ukrainian forces aredegrading the Kremlin’s ability to use occupied Crimea as a springboard for offensive operations again by destroying Russian air defense systems, reducing the presence of the Black Sea Fleet on the peninsula, and degrading Russian logistics, transportation nodes, and energy resources in the region.

Analysts clarified that Russia has two main supply routes into occupied Crimea: the “land bridge” that runs across occupied Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson oblasts, as well as the bridge and ferry connection across the Kerch Strait. Ukrainian forces have intensified their strikes against both routes.

Ukrainian drones carried out a series of strikes on railway bridges across the North Crimea Canal near occupied Rozdolne (Kherson Oblast) and near Chongar (on the border of Kherson Oblast and Crimea), which Russian forces reportedly used to transport personnel and supplies. Ukrainian forces continue to strike Russian air defense and radar systems to enable further strikes against Russian logistics and energy infrastructure in Crimea.

A combination of continued Ukrainian medium- and long-range drone strikes may further cause additional tactical and operational complications for Russian transport of personnel and equipment along both ground lines of communication (GLOCs) and disrupt Russian fuel deliveries, ISW concluded.










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Fuel Sales Halted in Crimea

Russian-backed Authorities have Suspended Fuel Sales to the Public in the Occupied Region of Crimea, as Ukraine continues its Attacks on the Pennisula. Fuel had already been Rationed due to Shortages caused by Ukraine's recent Campaign against Supply Routes in Russian Occupied Territories.

Governor Sergey Aksyonov said Individuals and Businesses would be Turned Away from Petrol Stations, and Fuel would only be Sold to Government Aagencies ensuring Crimea's "Functioning and Security". Earlier, He said Four People had been Killed and 28 Injured by a Ukrainian Drone Attack on an Oil Depot in Kerch Overnight, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called a "just response to Russia's brutal attacks".

Crimea, which Russia Illegally Annexed in 2014, has been Experiencing Logistical Difficulties and Shortages. Zelenskyy said Kyiv had also Hit a Logistics Facility For Oil Transportation in Russia's Krasnodar Region, which lies Adjacent to Crimea across the Kerch Strait. Local Authorities said One Person had been Killed on a Passenger Ferry.

Military Logistics Facilities and Radar Systems were also Struck. "Russia understands only strength, and our long-range strength is certainly working for peace," He said in a Statement posted on X. Zelenskyy Added at least Seven People had been Killed in Russian Attacks over the Weekend, with Children among more than 30 Injured.

Both sides have Escalated Attacks in recent Months, as Progress towards a Ceasefire has Stalled more than Four years, From Russia's Full-Scale Invasion. Kyiv has focused its Efforts on Energy Infrastructure and Oil Facilities, which it sees as Fuelling the Russian War Machine.

Moscow Oil Refinery Attack brings Russia's War with Ukraine Closer to Home. Ukrainian Drones Target St Petersburg in Attack Russia calls "Unprecedented". Putin says there is No Point Meeting Zelenskyy over Ending the War










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Electric Cars Axed by Automakers this Year

Automakers have Reorganized their EV Lineups since 9/2025, when Federal Tax Credits Ended.

Sagging Demand, Tariffs, and a New Generation of EVs, have also led to several Product Cancellations. American EV Sales are still facing Pressure.

Since 9/2025, when the Federal $7,500 Tax Credit for U.S. ade EVs Ended, fewer Shoppers have chosen a Battery Powered Car for their next set of Wheels.

In the First Quarter of 2026, Deliveries Dropped 27%, according to Cox Automotive Data. That follows a 46% Plunge in EV Sales in the Final Quarter of 2025.

The Slowdown began Reshaping which New Car Models appeared on U.S. Dealership Lots in 2025

By the End of 2025, Ford Ended Production of the F-150 Lightning, Nissan Axed the Ariya, Acura Stopped Building the ZDX, and Volkswagen Paused the ID. Buzz until 2027. That Shake-Up has continued into 2026.

The Lineup Changes aren't a Wholesale Retreat from EVs. Each of those Brands has Next-Generation EV Models in the Pipeline, they're Cheaper, Longer-Range, and Faster Charging.










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Trump Decisions Trigger Wind Energy Comeback

The Trump (R) Administration has become Less Aggressive about Shutting Down Offshore Wind Energy Projects. Courts have mostly Decided in Favor of Wind Energy in Fights with Trump. Wind Energy Projects have already Started to Stage a Comeback

A Federal Judge on 6/17/2026 Struck Down Trump’s Executive Order (EO) Blocking Wind Energy Projects, saying the Effort to Halt All Leasing of Wind Farms on Federal Lands and Waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and Violates U.S. law.

Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Vacated Trump’s 1/20/2026 EO Blocking Wind Energy Projects and Declared it Unlawful.

Saris Ruled in Favor of a Coalition of State Attorneys General from 17 States and Washington, D.C., led by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), that Challenged Trump’s Day One Order that Paused Leasing and Permitting for Wind Energy Projects.

Trump has been Hostile to Renewable Energy, particularly Offshore Wind, and Prioritizes Fossil Fuels to Produce Electricity.

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell (D) Hailed the Ruling as a Victory for Green Jobs and Renewable Energy.










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