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作者：雅各布·罗森 司法部记者
杰克·罗森是负责报道美国司法部的记者。此前他曾作为竞选数字记者报道特朗普总统2024年竞选活动，还曾担任《玛格丽特·布伦南直面国家》节目的助理制片人。
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参议院顶级民主党人正寻求澄清，总统特朗普与其政府达成的一项有争议的和解协议中的条款，是否适用于由特朗普家族联合创办或与之相关联的公司。
作为司法部5月份达成的和解协议的一部分，该协议旨在解决特朗普提起的诉讼，美国国税局被永久禁止就此前的纳税申报对特朗普、其长子小唐纳德·特朗普和埃里克·特朗普，以及特朗普集团提出索赔。
在5月19日由代理司法部长托德·布兰茨签署的一页文件中，司法部表示，针对总统诉讼的被告——美国国税局和财政部——被“永久禁止且排除”对“和解生效前提交的任何纳税申报所产生的所有索赔”进行“起诉或追查”。布兰茨还写道，该和解协议适用于“包括信托、母公司、姊妹公司或关联公司、分支机构和子公司在内的相关方”。
如今，马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦、参议院少数党领袖纽约州参议员查克·舒默，以及参议院财政委员会资深成员俄勒冈州参议员罗恩·怀登，正联络11家与特朗普家族有关联的企业和组织，以解答该和解协议在税务审计条款方面引发的“重大疑问”，以及这些公司是否被纳入该和解协议范围。
“打着所谓合法和解的幌子，特朗普政府试图裁定，总统、其家族以及他们整个商业帝国——潜在包括哪怕与家族有最模糊‘关联’的实体——即便犯下一系列金融犯罪或不当行为，也无需承担任何后果——无论违规情节有多严重，”参议员们在周一晚间发送给这些企业的信函中写道。
这些信函被寄送给矿业公司Kaz Resources、防务公司Powerus、加密货币公司World Liberty Financial和American Bitcoin、机器人初创企业Foundation Future Industries、投资公司1789 Capital、私人航空公司Tag Air，以及预测市场平台Polymarket和Kalshi。
所有这些公司要么由特朗普及其两名成年儿子创立，要么将特朗普家族成员列为顾问、董事会成员或部分所有者。小唐纳德·特朗普是Polymarket咨询委员会成员，同时也是1789 Capital的合伙人，该公司已对Polymarket进行了投资。在特朗普第二次就职总统的几天前，Kalshi也曾宣布小唐纳德·特朗普将担任其战略顾问。
身为少数党的民主党人没有传票权，因此无法强制特朗普、其子女及其公司回答参议员们提出的问题。
根据近期的财务披露信息，仅去年一年，总统就从加密货币相关业务中赚取了超过10亿美元，其中包括他的迷因币业务以及家族旗下的加密货币公司World Liberty Financial。
此外，参议员们还在另一封单独的信函中询问特朗普集团，是否认为其“豁免于和解协议签署前发生的任何罪行所面临的所有审计、民事处罚或联邦起诉”。
特朗普媒体科技集团也收到了民主党参议员的信函。该集团由以特朗普为唯一受益人的信托公司控股，运营着特朗普日常使用的Truth Social平台。
“公众有权知晓这张针对特朗普关联企业的‘免死金牌’的适用范围，以及你们是否打算依靠该和解协议，为任何可能的违法违规行为开脱，”参议员们在信函中继续写道，该信函同时要求提供这些公司高管在和解协议签署前后与司法部和白宫的所有往来通信。
该和解协议是在特朗普及其两名儿子和特朗普集团指控美国国税局和财政部在2020年非法允许一名政府承包商向媒体泄露纳税申报信息数月后宣布的。
司法部发言人在一份声明中表示：“美国国税局在解决纳税人税务审查和审计案件时，通常会出具此类豁免文件。此次和解协议遵循了同样的标准惯例。”
该发言人未就审计条款涵盖哪些公司，或特朗普集团和特朗普家族是否是该附加条款仅有的覆盖实体，提供具体信息。
Top Senate Democrats push Trump-affiliated companies for answers about IRS settlement
July 7, 2026 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News
By Jacob Rosen Justice Department Reporter
Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department of Justice. He was previously a campaign digital reporter covering President Trump’s 2024 campaign and also served as an associate producer for “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
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Top Senate Democrats are pushing for answers on whether a provision in a controversial settlement agreement between President Trump and his own administration applies to companies co-founded by or affiliated with the Trump family.
As part of a deal struck in May by the Justice Department to resolve a lawsuit brought by Mr. Trump, the Internal Revenue Service is permanently barred from pursuing claims against Mr. Trump, his oldest sons Don Jr. and Eric, and the Trump Organization based on prior tax returns.
In a one-page document signed by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and dated May 19, the Justice Department said the defendants in the president’s lawsuit — the IRS and the Treasury Department — are “FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED” from “prosecuting or pursuing, any and all claims” arising from tax returns filed before the settlement took effect. Blanche also wrote that the settlement applies to “parties including trusts, parent, sister, or related companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries.”
Now, Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Ron Wyden of Oregon are pushing 11 businesses and organizations with ties to the Trump family to get answers for the “significant questions” the settlement raises relating to the tax audit provision, and whether the companies are included in the deal.
“Under the guise of a so-called legal settlement, the Trump administration has attempted to decree that the President, his family, and their entire business empire — potentially including entities with even the vaguest ‘affiliation’ to the family — are to face zero consequences if they have committed a range of financial crimes or misdeeds — regardless of the severity of the violation,” the senators wrote in letters transmitted to the companies Monday night.
The letters were sent to mining company Kaz Resources, defense firm Powerus, cryptocurrency companies World Liberty Financial and American Bitcoin, robotics startup Foundation Future Industries, investment firm 1789 Capital, private aviation company Tag Air, and prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi.
All of the companies either were founded by Mr. Trump and his two adult sons, or list members of the Trump family as advisers, board members, or partial owners. Donald Trump Jr. sits on Polymarket’s advisory board and 1789 Capital, where he’s a partner, has invested in Polymarket. Days before Mr. Trump took office for his second term, Kalshi also announced Trump Jr. would be a strategic adviser.
The Democrats, who are in the minority, lack subpoena power, so Mr. Trump, his children and his companies can’t be forced to answer the questions posed by the senators.
According to recent financial disclosures, the president earned more than a billion dollars from cryptocurrency ventures alone last year, including from his meme coin business and World Liberty Financial, his family’s cryptocurrency firm.
Separately, the senators also asked the Trump Organization in a separate letter if it believes it has “immunity from all audits, civil penalties or federal prosecution” for any crimes that could have occurred before the settlement.
Trump Media and Technology Group, which is majority owned by a trust that lists Mr. Trump as the sole beneficiary and operates the Truth Social platform he uses daily, also received a letter from the Democratic senators.
“The public deserves transparency about the scope of this get-out-of-jail free card for Trump-aligned businesses, and about whether you intend to rely on this settlement as a free pass for any possible violations of the law,” the senators continued in their letter, which also seeks any communications that executives at the companies have had with the Justice Department and White House leading up to or after the settlement was signed.
The settlement was announced months after Mr. Trump and two of his sons and the Trump Organization accused the IRS and Treasury Department of unlawfully allowing a government contractor to leak tax returns to media outlets in 2020.
In a statement, a Justice Department spokesperson said “the IRS routinely provides releases as part of resolving taxpayer reviews and audits. This settlement follows that same standard practice.”
The spokesperson did not provide specific information about which companies are covered by the audit provision, or whether the Trump Organization and Trump family are the only entities covered by that addendum.
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