Treasury’s Bessent mum on Trump’s IRS immunity deal

WASHINGTON — The day after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Trump administration’s "anti-weaponization" fund was dead, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent evaded questions on Capitol Hill Wednesday about whether President Donald Trump, his family and the Trump Organization would be absolved from future tax enforcement, another part of the president’s IRS settlement.

During a budget oversight hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Bessent repeatedly cited “ongoing litigation” to sidestep lawmakers’ inquiries into the …