Trump Sues IRS, Treasury for $10-B Over Tax Return Leak

President Donald Trump has sued the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department for $10 billion over the disclosure of his tax returns to the media in 2019 and 2020, Jonathan Stempel and Jasper Ward reported for Reuters.

The IRS operates under the Treasury Department. Other plaintiffs named in the lawsuit include Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization.

In a complaint filed in Miami federal court, Trump, his adult sons, and his namesake company alleged that the agencies failed to take “mandatory precautions” to prevent former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn from leaking their tax information to “leftist media outlets,” including The New York Times and ProPublica.

“The defendants have caused plaintiffs reputational and financial harm, public embarrassment, unfairly tarnished their business reputations, portrayed them in a false light, and negatively affected President Trump’s and the other plaintiffs’ public standing,” the complaint said.

The IRS operates under the Treasury Department. Other plaintiffs named in the lawsuit include Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization.