‘Shameless venality’: how a flurry of lawsuits has thwarted Trump’s self-enrichment schemes
Peter Stone's Guardian analysis reports that lawsuits by nonpartisan groups including Democracy Defenders Fund and the Campaign Legal Center have thwarted Trump's self-enrichment schemes, with judges in Florida and New York condemning and nullifying a $1.8bn IRS-settlement slush fund and partisan ads funded with $20m in public money. Critics including Stacey Young and retired judge J Michael Luttig call the schemes corruption, though a provision giving Trump immunity from IRS investigations of past tax matters remains in effect.
