OK, This is Beyond Comically Corrupt

So, Donald Trumps pet lawyer has announced an $1,776,000,000.00 "settlement" in the case of an IRS contractor leaking Trump's tax returns.

That money goes to a slush fund that they are calling an fund to reimburse "victims of weaponization and lawfare."

The Justice Department announced on Monday that it was setting up a new $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who it said were victims of “weaponization and lawfare,” a group that will almost certainly be made up of President Trump’s political allies.

The creation of the fund came in exchange for Mr. Trump’s dropping his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, as well as two administrative claims he had made against the federal government that he currently controls.

The Justice Department said Mr. Trump would not himself receive money from the fund. But it did not provide many other details about how it would operate or who could be eligible for compensation. That fueled criticism that the money was a “slush fund” that Mr. Trump would use to pay supporters who have faced federal investigations and convictions, including those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

You know, that is pretty f%$#ing corrupt ……… But wait, there's more.

The "settlement" also includes provisions ending all audits of Trump and his Spawn by the IRS.

The Justice Department has granted President Trump, his family and businesses immunity from ongoing inquiries into their taxes, a potentially lucrative arrangement that could shield the president from significant financial liability.

The provision, quietly inserted on Tuesday as a supplement to a remarkable deal that also created a $1.8 billion compensation fund aimed at benefiting Mr. Trump’s allies, protects the president, his relatives and his businesses from pending audits and tax prosecutions.

The one-page document, signed by the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, said that the government would be “FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing” pending tax claims against Mr. Trump, his family members and businesses.

The provision invited immediate criticism as tax experts raised the possibility that it was illegal. 

POSSIBLY illegal? 

Meanwhile, some House Democrats are working on a discharge petition to force a vote on this fund.

It would be nice if they could, but I'm not expecting much.