Trump’s tax immunity scheme hoists president by his own petard on Blanche AG nomination

Republican senators sought written limits on settlement, but president held firm despite risk to attorney general pick US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump’s refusal to officially end a hugely controversial agreement giving him broad tax immunity and creating a 1.8bn slush fund underscored how the US president’s own self interest takes precedence above all else in his government. For weeks, Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, has said that the slush fund portion of the…