Trump sues IRS and US treasury for $10bn over leak of tax returns

[mysteryowl]

Source: The Guardian/US

Donald Trump on Thursday sued the US treasury department and Internal Revenue Service for $10bn over the disclosure of his tax returns to the media in 2019 and 2020.

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

The plaintiffs said they suffered “significant and irreparable harm” to their reputations and financial interests, and may seek punitive damages because the leaks were either willful or resulted from gross negligence.

Thursday’s lawsuit puts Trump in the unusual position of suing government agencies that are part of the executive branch, which he leads.

The IRS is part of the treasury department. Neither agency immediately responded to requests for comment after business hours.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/trump-sues-tax-return-leak

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Oh good grief!


What a guy.

[struggle4progress]

1. "I leaked my own records so I could sue the government!"

[UpInArms]

2. Jumping the shark

Lol

[littlemissmartypants]

3. I hope the lawyers got paid up front to file this sh¡t.

[mysteryowl]

4. True, but not!

he doesn't pay anybody.

I really hate this guy.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Me too, mo. But if he's dumb enough to insist there's gonna be someone in some greedy, unscrupulous firm to do it.

Perfect mark for a grifting firm. IF THEY GET PAID. If they don't, then the joke's on them.

[ALBliberal]

6. As a cpa since 1985 I am very very upset

I do believe that Joe Biden and many other presidents released their tax returns.

Gonna be a very rough tax season. Just saying.

[SunSeeker]

7. He is trying to steal $10B of taxpayers' money...as if he hasn't stolen enough!

[C Moon]

8. I'll leak on his taxes.

[mysteryowl]

10. ...

[markodochartaigh]

9. So can we all sue DOGE for

stealing all of our information?

[mysteryowl]

11. Great idea

Class action.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

12. There ought to be a law ...

Once again, we find ourselves in a position where the leader of the Executive Branch is doing something so outrageous that we all say, "isn't that illegal?" But it's not because no one ever took seriously the possibility that a sitting president would sue his own government for personal "harm".

This is wrong on so many levels - conflict of interest and executive immunity are just two. But I bet the current courts will find there are no laws against it, or if there are the don't apply to the Old Man for some reason.

I also think the government lawyers will somehow find a reason to "settle" quickly for a massive taxpayer-funded payoff to the old Man's private coffers.

Once we retake the government, we need serious reform of and limits to presidential powers. I had really hoped that would have been Biden top priority when he took office, but it didn't happen. I can only hope the next Democratic president will take up this cause.