Acting Attorney General Conveys Privileges to Israel and Trump Family that Are Denied to Americans
Paul Craig Roberts
Todd Blanche, the current acting US Attorney General, is Donald Trump’s former personal criminal defense lawyer.
Notice in the May 19 Department of Justice press release that Trump’s DOJ defines upholding civil rights as preventing criticism of Israel. In other words, suppressing or limiting the First Amendment is “upholding civil rights.” What the Trump DOJ is really doing is creating special privileges for Israel that no other country has and that overrides the US Constitution. Todd Blanche has cancelled Americans’ free speech when it comes to Israel. In effect, Trump’s DOJ has given Israel the civil right to protection from criticism by Americans. Trump who was going to make America great again has finalized Americans’ subservience to Zionist Israel. As Washington claims extra-territoriality for US law, Washington might sanction, or even invade, other countries that do not follow the DOJ ruling.
Was Bondi fired because she would not elevate Israel above the First Amendment?
Having given Israel and Jews in general protection from criticism by Americans, acting AG Blanche went on to give Donald Trump and his family protection from the US government if Jeffrey Toobin’s interpretation ( https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/opinion/trump-doj-pardon.html ) is correct of the May 19 Settlement Agreement ( https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1441216/dl ) of Trump v. Internal Revenue Service ( Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS ) signed by the acting US Attorney General.
Mr. Toobin writes:
“The United States agrees that it is ‘FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing’ President Trump, his eldest sons or any of their businesses. The agreement covers matters ‘whether presently known or unknown’ and cases that ‘have been or could have been asserted’ by the government.”
“But that’s just the beginning. The document places off limits the investigation of any tax disputes (or tax crimes) regarding returns that were filed before this week.
“If something comes to light in the future about misconduct or malfeasance relating to the Trump family’s tax filings, as long as it took place before the agreement [ settlement] took effect, it cannot be the basis for a prosecution. Reinforcing the same point, the agreement states that the government is barred from pursuing ‘any matters that were raised or could have been raised’ in the Trumps’ dispute with the I.R.S.
“There will be no cases against the Trumps before the I.R.S. ‘or other agencies or departments.’ Could Mr. Trump’s immunity extend beyond taxes? The Justice Department, which brings federal criminal cases, may, as I interpret it, also be barred from charging the Trumps with other crimes.
“By issuing a prohibition on federal investigations that might threaten Mr. Trump’s finances, the department has placed the president and his family in a new category of citizenship, where the tax rules that apply to every other American do not apply to him or his family. By my reading, the document explicitly forbids the government from challenging the legality of any trusts, which can survive in perpetuity. In this way, Mr. Blanche’s memo is a gift to subsequent generations of the Trump family.”
Toobin raises the question whether the settlement creates a precedent for future presidents to expect unique legal privileges denied to the general population. In previous articles I have suggested that the failure of democracy has caused power to accumulate in the executive branch, such as the executive’s appropriation of the power the Constitution gives to Congress to declare war. National security and executive orders are gradually taking the place of legislation, such as Trump’s tariffs. In President Lincoln’s time, tariffs required an act of Congress. Just as the failure of the Roman Senate gave rise to the caesars, the failure of American democracy is leading to the emergence of executive rule.