Trump’s Payout Fund Falls Apart After GOP, Legal Backlash

About this episode

The episode discusses Donald Trump's decision to drop his compensation fund amid backlash and the implications of ongoing investigations.

Donald Trump drops his fund to compensate allies after Republican and legal backlash. But, can the IRS still investigate him? Also, as Iran suspends talks, the president throws his hands up and says he doesn’t care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Abby Phillip

Topics covered

• Trump
• GOP backlash
• IRS investigation
• Iran talks
• political news

Keywords

• Trump
• GOP
• IRS
• Iran
• politics
• backlash
• fund

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IRS, Iran

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