A newly disclosed term in the settlement agreement resolving Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS permanently bars the federal government from pursuing past tax claims, audits or examinations involving the president, his family and his companies, CNN reports. The clause states the government is "FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED" from investigating tax returns filed before the settlement date, including matters that "were raised or could have been raised" and those already pending before the IRS. The one-page addendum was signed by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche — Trump's former personal attorney — and surfaced via a hyperlink attached to a DOJ press release. The settlement also creates a nearly $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded "anti-weaponization" compensation fund administered by a commission whose members are chosen by Trump's attorney general and removable by the president. Trump, his family and their entities agreed not to seek payments from that fund.