2026年7月29日 / 美国东部时间下午5:04 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
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。他此前曾担任竞选数字记者，报道特朗普总统2024年竞选活动，还曾担任《与玛格丽特·布伦南面对全国》节目的助理制片人。
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据发起此次调查的参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦透露，在参议院民主党高层就总统特朗普与其政府达成的备受争议的税务和解协议中是否有条款适用于由特朗普家族联合创立或关联的企业一事寻求答案数周后，多家相关企业已与该协议划清界限。
作为和解协议的一部分，美国司法部于5月敲定该协议以了结特朗普先生提起的诉讼。根据协议，国税局永久不得就此前的纳税申报单向特朗普先生、他的长子小唐纳德·特朗普和埃里克·特朗普，以及特朗普集团追讨索赔。
在代理司法部长托德·布兰奇签署的、日期为5月19日的一页文件中，司法部表示，总统诉讼中的被告——国税局和财政部——被“永久禁止且排除”发起或追查任何与协议生效前提交的纳税申报单相关的“任何及所有索赔”。布兰奇还写道，该协议适用于“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各方”。
该和解协议已成为推动代理司法部长托德·布兰奇永久获任该职位的一大障碍，此前两名共和党参议员就因该国税局协议以及协议核心内容之一的18亿美元“反武器化基金”，对支持布兰奇的提名表示保留意见。
得克萨斯州参议员约翰·科宁是共和党持观望态度的议员之一，他周三表示，与布兰奇原定的会面已取消，并称该协议“为特朗普先生提供了其他任何纳税人都不可能获得的审计豁免”。另一位最初未承诺投票支持布兰奇提名的共和党参议员、北卡罗来纳州的汤姆·蒂利斯已表示，他更倾向于支持布兰奇的任命。
本月早些时候，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 ranking 成员、俄勒冈州参议员罗恩·怀登，致信11家与特朗普家族有关联的企业和组织，要求他们就该和解协议在税务审计条款方面提出的“重大问题”以及企业是否被纳入协议一事作出解释。
收到信件的企业包括矿业公司Kaz Resources、防务公司Powerus、加密货币公司World Liberty Financial和American Bitcoin、机器人初创公司Foundation Future Industries、投资公司1789 Capital以及私人航空企业Tag Air，还有预测市场平台Polymarket和Kalshi。
所有这些企业要么由特朗普先生和他的两名成年儿子创立，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。在特朗普先生就职第二任期前几天，Kalshi也曾宣布小唐纳德·特朗普将担任其战略顾问。
特朗普媒体科技集团（Trump Media and Technology Group）也收到了民主党参议员的信件，该集团由以特朗普先生为受益人的信托公司多数控股，并运营着他日常使用的Truth Social平台。
在哥伦比亚广播公司新闻获得的信件中，特朗普媒体科技集团、Kalshi、Polymarket、Kaz Resources、Powerus和American Bitcoin的代表均与该国税局审计协议划清了界限。
在特朗普媒体科技集团致参议员的信件中，代表该公司的律师表示，公司“并非此类和解协议的当事方，也不清楚该协议是否适用于TMTG”。
参议员们还在另一封信中询问特朗普集团，是否认为自己在和解协议生效前可能犯下的任何罪行都“豁免于所有审计、民事处罚或联邦起诉”。
沃伦的办公室表示，特朗普集团以及World Liberty Financial、1789 Capital、Tag Air, Inc.和Foundation Future Industries均未作出回应。
“多家与特朗普有关联的企业未能回应我们就这项腐败协议提出的基本问题，这引发了切实担忧，即它们计划利用该协议作为逃脱牢狱之灾的通行证，”沃伦参议员在给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的一份声明中说道。“美国民众现在就有权获得答案和问责。”
由于作为少数党的民主党没有传票权，特朗普先生、他的子女及其企业并未被强制回应参议员们提出的问题。
该和解协议是在特朗普先生及其两名儿子和特朗普集团指控国税局和财政部在2020年非法允许一名政府承包商向媒体泄露纳税申报单数月后宣布的。
Several Trump-affiliated companies distance themselves from Trump-IRS deal after Senate Democrats’ probe
July 29, 2026 / 5:04 PM EDT / CBS News
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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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Weeks after top Senate Democrats pushed for answers on whether a provision in the controversial tax settlement between President Trump and his own administration applies to companies co-founded by or affiliated with the Trump family, several of the businesses have distanced themselves from the deal, according to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who launched the investigation.
As part of the settlement, which was finalized 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” related to 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.”
The settlement has become a sticking point in the push to confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the role permanently after two Republican senators expressed reservations about supporting Blanche’s nomination over the IRS deal and a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund”that was also at the heart of the deal.
Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, one of the GOP holdouts, said Wednesday that a proposed meeting with Blanche had been called off and that the deal “provides immunity [to Mr. Trump] from audits that no other taxpayer could possibly get.” The other GOP senator who initially didn’t commit to voting for Blanche’s confirmation, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, has indicated he is closer to supporting Blanche.
Earlier this month, Warren, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Ron Wyden of Oregon pushed 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.
Mining company Kaz Resources, defense firm Powerus, cryptocurrency companies World Liberty Financial and American Bitcoin, robotics startup Foundation Future Industries, investment firm 1789 Capital and private aviation company Tag Air were among the companies receiving letters, as well as 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.
Trump Media and Technology Group, which is majority owned by a trust that lists Mr. Trump as a beneficiary and operates the Truth Social platform he uses daily, also received a letter from the Democratic senators.
In letters obtained by CBS News, representatives from Trump Media and Technology Group, Kalshi, Polymarket, Kaz Resources, Powerus, and American Bitcoin all distanced themselves from the IRS audit deal.
In a letter from Trump Media and Technology Group to the senators, a lawyer representing the company said that the company “is not party to such settlement and is not aware of any applicability to TMTG.”
The senators also asked the Trump Organization in a separate letter if it believed it has “immunity from all audits, civil penalties or federal prosecution” for any crimes that could have occurred before the settlement.
The organization, as well as World Liberty Financial, 1789 Capital, Tag Air, Inc. and Foundation Future Industries also never responded, Warren’s office said.
“Several Trump-tied companies failed to respond to our basic questions about this corrupt agreement, raising real concerns that they plan to use it as a get-out-of-jail-free card,” Senator Warren said in a statement to CBS News. “Americans deserve answers and accountability now.”
Because the Democrats, who are in the minority, lack subpoena power, Mr. Trump, his children and his companies were not forced to answer the questions posed by the senators.
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.
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