wgal.com: https://www.wgal.com/article/pennsylvania-representative-fitzpatrick-gop-question-trump-irs-settlement/71380398

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Published: Friday, May 22, 2026

Rep. Fitzpatrick and other GOP lawmakers question $1.8 billion IRS settlement with Trump Pa. Rep. Fitzpatrick and other GOP lawmakers question $1.8 billion IRS settlement with Trump CENTERS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. MUNICIPALITIES. REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS, INCLUDING PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK, RAISING EYEBROWS AT A FEDERAL SETTLEMENT DONE OUT OF COURT STATING THAT THE U.S.

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Pa. Rep. Fitzpatrick and other GOP lawmakers question $1.8 billion IRS settlement with Trump Skip to content NOWCAST WGAL News 8 at 11:00 Watch on Demand Menu Search News Policies News Local News Pennsylvania News National News Get the Facts 8 On Your Side In Focus Entertainment Health Community News We Love Chronicle Upload Weather Interactive Radar Alerts Hourly Forecast 10-day Forecast Map Room Closings Forecasting Our Future Traffic Politics Sports Olympics Contests Brain Busters Advertise with WGAL About Contact Very Local Titan TV Guide MeTV Susquehanna Valley News Team Internships Editorials Privacy Notice Terms of Use SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL Weather Search Press enter to search Type to Search Search location by ZIP code ZIP Advertisement Pa. Rep. Fitzpatrick and other GOP lawmakers question $1.8 billion IRS settlement with Trump Pa. Rep. Fitzpatrick and other GOP lawmakers question $1.8 billion IRS settlement with Trump CENTERS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. MUNICIPALITIES. REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS, INCLUDING PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK, RAISING EYEBROWS AT A FEDERAL SETTLEMENT DONE OUT OF COURT STATING THAT THE U.S. CAN NO LONGER INVESTIGATE OR PROSECUTE TAX CLAIMS AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIS SONS OR THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION. I WILL TELL YOU, MY FIRST REACTION WAS THIS DOESN’T PASS THE SMELL TEST SINCE THE SIGNAL, HEY, GO BREACH THE CAPITOL, DESTROY THE BUILDING, ASSAULT POLICE OFFICERS. YOU MAY EVEN GET COMPENSATED FOR SOME DAY. THAT’S ABSURD. WE GOT TO UNPACK EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. WHAT THE SOURCE OF THE FUNDING IS IN ORDER TO STOP IT AND OR REVERSE IT. TWO REPUBLICAN SOURCES NOW TELLING NBC NEWS THE VOTE ON ICE AND BORDER PATROL FUNDING SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT IS CANCELED, WITH LAWMAKERS NOW WORKING TO PUT GUARDRAILS ON THIS FUND. THIS IS ALL PART OF THE $1.8 BILLION DEAL BETWEEN TRUMP, THE PRIVATE CITIZEN, AND THE IRS FIRST LAID OUT YEARS AGO. TRUMP HAD SUED THE IRS FOR $10 BILLION OVER THE LEAK OF HIS TAX RETURNS DURING HIS FIRST TERM. THE SETTLEMENT CREATES A $1.8 BILLION FUND FROM TAXPAYER MONEY. THE TRUMP INITIALLY SAID WOULD GO TO CHARITY, BUT NOW SAYS IT WILL GO TO PEOPLE WHO WHO SAY THEY WERE TARGETED BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. THAT COULD INCLUDE SOME PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH JANUARY 6TH. TRUMP SAYS HE WAS HANDS OFF DURING THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE MOST VIOLENT THING I’VE EVER SEEN IN POLITICS. WHAT THEY DID. AND YET, IF I SAY, OH, LET’S LOOK AT THIS ONE OR THAT ONE, THEY SAY WEAPONIZATION, WEAPONIZATION, BUT THEY DID IN TERMS OF WEAPONIZATION WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN TO THIS COUNTRY AGAIN. SO WE THINK THAT THOSE PEOPLE, WE THINK THAT ANYBODY INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS SHOULD PARTAKE. AND YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT PEANUTS COMPARED TO THE VALUE. CONGRESSMAN FITZPATRICK SAYS CONGRESS, NOT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH CONTROLS, APPROPRIATED MONEY. SO HE SENT A LETTER DEMANDING ANSWERS ABOUT WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM, WHAT ACCOUNT THEY’RE IN, AND WHAT LEGAL AUTHORITY EXISTS TO USE THEM THIS WAY. MEAN

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