代表美国财政部和国税局员工的工会于周四向法院提交诉讼,要求阻止特朗普及其家人获得的税务审计豁免协议[1]。民主倡导组织Democracy Forward代表工会提起此案,声称该协议违反了禁止总统干涉税务审计的法律[1]。
根据代理司法部长Todd Blanche签署的文件,美国政府被"永远禁止和排除"审查特朗普及其家人和相关个人的当前税务申报或进行起诉[1]。诉讼主张这项协议将迫使公职员工在遵循政治命令和遵守法律之间做出选择[1]。国家财政部员工工会主席Doreen Greenwald表示:"我们税收系统的完整性取决于一个根本原则:每个纳税人都适用相同的法律和相同的标准"[1]。
工会声称特朗普可能欠联邦政府超过1亿美元的欠税[1]。豁免协议仅适用于和解时已未决的索赔,不保护总统免受未来税务申报的审查[1]。此前原始的反武器化基金诉讼于5月提交,被法官Leonie Brinkema阻止,随后Blanche于周日正式撤销了该基金计划[1]。
A union representing employees of the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service has asked a federal judge to block a tax audit immunity agreement granted to Donald Trump, arguing the arrangement would force civil servants to choose between following political directives and upholding the law [1]. The legal challenge, filed by the advocacy organization Democracy Forward on Thursday, contends that the immunity granted to Trump, his family members, and the Trump Organization violates laws prohibiting presidential interference with tax audits and potentially involves more than $100 million in unpaid taxes [1].
According to a one-page document signed by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the United States is "forever barred and enjoined" from reviewing current tax filings of Trump, his family members, and associated individuals or initiating prosecutions related to such filings [1]. Doreen Greenwald, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, stated: "The integrity of our tax system depends on a fundamental principle: that every taxpayer is subject to the same laws and the same standards" [1].
The immunity agreement applies only to claims that were pending at the time of settlement and does not shield the president from examination of future tax returns [1]. The original anti-weaponization fund litigation was filed in May and subsequently blocked by Judge Leonie Brinkema, after which Blanche formally withdrew that fund initiative on Sunday [1].