They agreed to support him after receiving written confirmation that the fund would not proceed and that the tax protection would be limited to the four plaintiffs who brought the original lawsuit. Sponsored · Selkirk Copper MinesThat language included tax returns filed before May 18. According to the AP News, the protection now applies only to Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization. In written responses to senators, he characterized it as a release of limited claims involving specified tax returns and argued that the attorney general possesses authority to settle claims involving the US. Trump’s tax records are private, making it impossible to calculate the exposure removed by the order.