Trump’s Name on Millions of Covid Checks Was Legal: FOIA Files

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service dropped the motherlode in my lap: more than 1,600 pages of internal documents, which reveal how the sausage is made at one of the most feared government agencies. Buried in there were hundreds of pages that pertain to the controversial decision to emblazon former President Donald Trump’s name on millions of Covid-era stimulus checks. If you’re not already getting FOIA Files in your inbox, sign up here.

If your memory’s fuzzy about what went down back then here’s a refresher. On March 27, 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act–aka ...