US EditionTrump sues IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over leak of tax records
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump sued the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service seeking at least $10 billion over an unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns at a federal courthouse in Miami.
- The leaks began in 2019 when Charles Littlejohn, former IRS contractor, passed returns to news outlets, and The New York Times published in 2020 that Trump paid $750 in federal taxes in 2016 and 2017.
- The other plaintiffs include Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and the Trump Organization, and the complaint alleges reputational and financial harm, public embarrassment, and unfairly tarnished business reputations.
- The Treasury and IRS did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday night, while Trump previously sought $230 million from the Department of Justice via two administrative claims.
- Charles Littlejohn, former IRS contractor, pleaded guilty and received the maximum five-year sentence in 2024, while The New York Times continues ongoing reporting with news updates.
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Trump, Sons Sue IRS, Treasury for $10B
President Trump is taking his fight over his tax returns to court—against his own government. The POTUS, his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization have filed a federal lawsuit in Miami accusing the IRS and the Treasury Department of failing to safeguard their confidential...
Trump sues IRS, seeks $10 billion over tax return leak
Washington: President Donald Trump has filed a civil lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the US Treasury Department, seeking at least $10 billion in damages over the unauthorised disclosure of his tax return information by an agency contractor who later pleaded guilty to a felony. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in the Southern District of Florida, names the IRS and the Treasury Department as defendants and was br…
Trump Sues US Revenue Service, Treasury For $10 Billion Over Tax-Return Leak
President Donald Trump sued the US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service for at least $10 billion over an unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office.
US President Donald Trump and his sons, Eric and Donald Jr., are demanding $10 billion (approximately €8.4 billion) from the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department. They claim the Department of Revenue and Customs did too little to stop the leak of their tax returns. The returns were leaked to publications including The New York Times between 2018 and 2020 by an employee of a cybersecurity firm hired by the IRS. In the run-up to an…
Trump accuses federal agencies of not having prevented the leaking of their tax information to the media between 2018 and 2020 US President Donald Trump is suing the IRS (Social Security) and the Treasury Department for $10 billion: he accuses federal agencies of not having prevented the leaking of their tax information to the media between 2018 and 2020. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in a Florida federal court, includes as plaintiffs the sons of …
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