US EditionTrump sues IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over leak of tax records
Trump, his sons, and company allege IRS and Treasury negligence allowed leaks to The New York Times and ProPublica, causing significant reputational and financial harm.
- President Donald Trump and his sons have sued the US federal government for $10 billion over tax record leaks.
- The lawsuit claims that the IRS and Treasury Department failed to protect taxpayer information, causing reputational and financial harm to the Trump family.
- Littlejohn, who pleaded guilty to stealing tax data, is accused in the lawsuit of misusing his access to further a personal political agenda.
- The lawsuit states that the leaks violated IRS Code 6103, which protects taxpayer confidentiality.
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Trump sues the IRS for $10 billion
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump, his eldest two sons and the Trump organization have filed a lawsuit against the IRS, seeking at least $10 billion in damages for failing to prevent the leaking of their financial data in…
Trump’s IRS lawsuit goes after agency’s actions during time he was in charge: court docs
President Donald Trump is suing the IRS as part of a $10 billion complain. But, according to court documents, his complaint is with the government's actions during his own tenure.Lawyer Ed Whelan, at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, who writes for the conservative National Review, posted in a thread on X noting Trump is relying on IRS leaks from May 2019 through Sept. 2020 for his lawsuit. Trump was president during that time. "Thus [he] had…
'Unlawful conduct': Trump sues IRS for allowing his tax records to be hacked * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury Department alleging a former IRS worker leaked his confidential tax records to the public. The lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida cites the release of his tax records six years ago and accuses the defendants of failing to prevent the leak by Charles “Chaz” Littlejohn. He accessed the records – illegally – and then fed them t…
Trump Demands $10 Billion From Taxpayers For Leaked Tax Returns; His Own Lawyers Get To Decide What He Gets
Back in May, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered what might be the single most audacious statement of the Trump era—and that's saying something: I think everybody - the American public believe it's absurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency. Anyway, in unrelated news, Donald Trump just…
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