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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, on the slush fund, Trump's slush fund, anyone who seriously thinks Trump has any intention of dropping his plans for a MAGA slush fund that will funnel billions of tax dollars to him and his cronies clearly hasn't been paying attention.
fund and saying instead that the corrupt scheme is “a beautiful thing.” That is what Trump said. Republicans said he is going to end it, some of them. He says it is “a beautiful thing.” Whom do you believe?
Trump said it is “a beautiful thing. I love it. I think it's so important.” That is what he said about the slush fund.
So anyone who thinks Trump is ready to forgo it is sadly mistaken. They are not listening to his words; they are not listening to who he is.
never sees the light of day is to ban it permanently by law and also ban Trump's sweetheart tax deal that gives Trump and his family a permission slip to commit tax fraud for a lifetime.
and IRS sweetheart deal today. I am going to force the Republicans to answer for this Trump slush fund and the IRS sweetheart deal by asking to ban it by law on the floor.
they will have to show the country whom they stand for once again: American taxpayers or Donald Trump; working families or cop-beating insurrectionists.
It is unbelievable. Republicans seem to think that a promise from Todd Blanche, who built his career on bending the truth in service to Trump, and a hope and a prayer that Trump will suddenly find a conscience are enough to stop the slush fund. It makes no sense.
defraud the American people at a time when they are struggling to make ends meet as costs skyrocket.