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

President Seeks $10 Billion in New Complaint

President Donald Trump sued the Treasury and IRS for at least $10 billion over an unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns during his first term in office.

The suit was filed Thursday in Miami federal court by Trump, his sons Donald Jr. and Eric, and the Trump Organization. Trump has long criticized the IRS for allegedly working to undermine him for political reasons.

While working as a contractor at the IRS, former Booz Allen employee Charles Littlejohn obtained confidential tax information in 2019 on Trump and other wealthy Americans, and leaked it to ...