The president has said since 2016 he can't release his taxes due to ongoing IRS reviews. With those gone, watchdogs say he's run out of excuses.

The Justice Department announced the move May 19, a day after releasing details of a $1.776 billion fund to pay for claims of federal government "weaponization." Critics have called it a "slush fund" for Trump supporters,

A DOJ agreement ending any current IRS audits of the president, his family or his businesses stuns tax practitioners and could reignite Democratic lawmakers' pursuit of Trump's tax returns.

Some lawmakers and legal experts say the department has violated federal law with its addendum to the settlement.

President Trump’s settlement with the IRS comes with an extraordinary addendum. The one-page document gives Trump immunity from Internal Revenue Service audits for past tax returns and extends the protections to his family and others in his circle.

The Justice Department settled a lawsuit shielding Trump, his sons and the Trump Organization from future tax examinations.

The US Justice Department on May 18 struck a deal with President Donald Trump to create a $1.77 billion legal fund to pay alleged victims of government “weaponization,” an unusual agreement that could result in millions of dollars in taxpayer money being doled out to Trump’s allies and supporters.

Earlier this week, the Justice Department settled President Donald Trump’s case over his leaked tax returns by establishing a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” and forbidding the IRS from pressing audits against Trump,