President Trump is suing the IRS and Treasury Department for 10 billion dollars. The lawsuit accuses the two federal agencies of a failure to prevent a leak of the president’s tax information to news outlets between 2018 and 2020. It alleges that the leak of confidential tax records caused “reptutational and financial harm, [and] public […]
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Trump sues IRS, Treasury for $10 billion over tax info leak
President Trump is suing the IRS and Treasury Department for 10 billion dollars. The lawsuit accuses the two federal agencies of a failure to prevent a leak of the president’s tax information to news outlets between 2018 and 2020. It alleges that the leak of confidential tax records caused “reptutational and financial harm, [and] public embarrassment.” In 2024, a former IRS contractor was sentenced to five years in prison for leaking the tax information. The lawsuit puts Donald Trump in the unusual position of suing government agencies that are part of the Executive Branch, which he leads.