Image: Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, accompanies US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as he arrives to testify on June 3, 2026. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Jake Johnson of Common Dreams reports: “Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee voted Thursday to block a Democratic amendment that would have prohibited the Internal Revenue Service from giving sweeping tax audit immunity to President Donald Trump, his family, and their businesses.

If passed, the amendment would have nullified a central element of the deal that the US Justice Department cut with the IRS in May to settle Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the tax agency. Experts have argued that such broad audit immunity is unlawful, and Democrats have warned the agreement could leave the IRS with no recourse if Trump decided to dodge taxes on the billions of dollars he has pocketed during his second stint in the White House…”

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