The federal government is abandoning an effort to create a $1.8bn secretive fund to compensate Donald Trump’s allies, the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, said on Tuesday.
“We are not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche said during a House appropriations committee hearing on Tuesday.
It’s unclear if Trump, his family and related entities will continue to receive immunity from IRS audits.
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