New video loaded: Trump settled the lawsuit himself. Was it legal?
The Trump administration this week created a $1.8 billion fund for taxpayer donations to the president's political allies and declared Mr. Trump immune from tax audits. Our chief legal correspondent Adam Liptak explains how these legally questionable moves test the Constitution's limits on presidential power.
Written by Adam Liptak, Paul Abode, Nikolai Nikolov, Rafaela Balster, John Miller, Whitney Shefte
May 21, 2026
