An open letter to the U.S. Congress

Stop the IRS from Shielding Trump and His Family

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I am writing as a voter in your district to urge you to oppose the Trump administration’s move to end IRS audits and tax-related investigations of President Trump, his family, and their businesses. This is a very bad idea. How can you possibly think this is in the interests of our country? It's essentially a license to steal. The president is using government power to shield himself from scrutiny while his own legal interests are at stake. At a basic level, no one should be above the law, including tax law. If the government can simply halt audits for one powerful person and his family, it undermines the principle of equal treatment under the law and weakens public trust in the IRS, the Justice Department, and Congress’s ability to oversee them. This also sets a dangerous precedent. The Depart of Justice is blurring the line between official government action and personal benefit, especially because the president is involved in litigation connected to the same agency that would be dropping the audits. Even should there be a settlement basis, which is highly unlikely given the president's history of corrupt business dealings, the optics and constitutional concerns are severe because it looks like the executive branch is negotiating away accountability for the president’s private gain. There is also a taxpayer-fairness problem. Ordinary Americans cannot expect the IRS to simply stop reviewing their filings because they are politically connected, and they should not be asked to accept a double standard for the most powerful person in the country. When enforcement looks selective, it encourages cynicism and makes compliance harder across the entire tax system. Finally, Congress should not let this become normal. A government that can be used to protect a president’s finances today can be used to protect other insiders tomorrow. I urge you to publicly condemn this move, demand full transparency, and support hearings or legislation to prevent any future attempt to use federal law enforcement or tax enforcement for personal protection.

▶ Created on May 20 by Let My People Go

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