For the holdout GOP lawmakers who opposed both the fund and the audit deal, those assurances were enough and are expected to clear the way for Blanche’s confirmation to serve as attorney general. The original audit deal promised broad protections for TrumpTrump’s audit immunity came as part of the controversial settlement crafted to resolve Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit filed earlier this year against the IRS over his leaked tax returns. The bad news is that tax immunity for the president, his sons, and his family business is still alive,” said Dan Greenberg, a senior legal fellow at the Cato Institute, calling the immunity deal “the product of an illegal settlement.” U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled in July that Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS was filed for an “improper purpose.” Representatives from the White House, IRS, Treasury and Trump’s personal attorneys did not immediately respond to Associated Press requests for comment.