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John Cornyn: “The tax lawsuit filed by President Trump and his son and the…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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You are at the same time the people's lawyer, as Senator Durbin has said, while you are a member of the President's Cabinet, subject to being dismissed at the pleasure of the President, it is a very challenging balance to strike. To be sure. The tax lawsuit filed by President Trump and his son and the Trump Organization in January of 2026 was what prosecutors called unparalleled in the IRS's history. A contractor with Bose Hamilton got the job at the IRS for the express purpose of leaking tax returns, private tax returns, that of people he thought the public needed to know about. (00:40–00:56)

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