DOJ's settlement with Trump bans IRS from taking action over his old tax returns

The Internal Revenue Service is permanently barred from pursuing claims against President Trump or his company based on prior tax returns, part of a controversial settlement agreement that the Justice Department struck to resolve a lawsuit brought by Mr. Trump. In a one-page document signed by Attorney General Todd Blanche and dated Tuesday, the Justice Department said the defendants in the president's lawsuit — the IRS and the Treasury Department — are "FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED" from …