US EditionTrump’s US$10 Billion Lawsuit Against the IRS Raises Conflict of Interest Concerns
Trump seeks $10 billion in compensatory and punitive damages, citing IRS confidentiality violations and reputational harm from a 2020 tax return leak involving his family.
- The $10 billion suit, filed Thursday, names President Donald Trump and his sons over leaked tax records in federal court in Florida.
- Former contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn stole tax records and leaked them to The New York Times and ProPublica between 2018 and 2020, leading to his 2024 sentencing.
- Experts point out legal analysts question the damages Trump seeks, with David Gair noting plaintiffs needn't prove losses and Trump is requesting punitive damages.
- The government responded by imprisoning the contractor, canceling Treasury Department contracts, and the IRS issuing a rare apology while pledging stronger data protections; Trump said Saturday any settlement might go to charity, but a White House representative gave no details.
- Amy Hanauer notes a legal remedy exists for the leak, while Trump’s prior roughly $230 million complaint against the Department of Justice highlights recurring large claims and longer-term precedent concerns.
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Trump’s US$10 billion lawsuit against the IRS raises conflict of interest concerns
Legal experts say U.S. President Donald Trump’s US$10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax information raises a plethora of legal and ethical questions, including the propriety of the leader of the executive branch pursuing scorched-earth litigation against the very government he is in charge of.
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Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS raises conflict of interest concerns
Legal experts say Trump has a legitimate claim against the IRS but question the lawsuit's amount and necessity.
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Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS raises conflict of interest concerns
Legal experts say President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over leaked tax information raises a host of conflict of interest questions.
Why Trump’s $10 billion IRS lawsuit is even more 'crazy' than it appears
President Donald Trump is suing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for $10 billion in response to the leaking of his tax returns in 2020. The leak, reported by the New York Times, showed that he paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and, before that, paid no federal income taxes at all in ten out of 15 years. The New Republic's Timothy Noah takes a close look at the lawsuit in an article published on February 2, laying out some…
Trump v. Trump Administration
During Trump – 1st Verse, a civic-minded IRS contractor accessed and leaked the tax returns of a number of wealthy people, including those of Trump and his sons. Trump – 2nd Verse is suing his former administration for $10 billion because of the leak. As the linked article notes, that’s two-thirds of the agency budget, would be the third largest civil judgement in US history and the first time a sitting president has sued his administration. I t…
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