“A central issue in acting attorney general Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing on Wednesday will be the extraordinary protection from Internal Revenue Service investigations he granted President Trump,” the New York Times reports.“That immunity was part of a deal orchestrated by the Justice Department to end the president’s lawsuit against the IRS…”“But the audit protection remains. Democrats have excoriated it as a corrupt and illegal handout to Mr. Trump, who has aggressively avoided taxes and faced IRS audits throughout his life.”