Trump Sues IRS and Treasury for $10 Billion Over Leaked Tax Returns
Lawsuit filed in a Miami federal court accuses agencies of allowing a contractor to leak Trump’s tax returns and seeks at least $10 billion.
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Overview
President Donald J. Trump filed a federal lawsuit in Miami federal court on Thursday seeking at least $10 billion from the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of the Treasury, court filings show.
The complaint alleges unauthorized disclosures of Trump’s tax returns occurred between 2018 and 2020 and caused “reputational and financial harm,” according to the lawsuit’s allegations in court documents.
Speaking with reporters Saturday aboard Air Force One, Trump said he is considering settling the case and donating any proceeds to established charities, and a spokesperson for his legal team called the disclosures politically motivated.
The litigation centers on former IRS contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn, who prosecutors said pleaded guilty to unauthorized disclosure and was sentenced to five years in prison in January 2024, and Treasury canceled $21 million in Booz Allen contracts.
If the case proceeds, plaintiffs seek damages and discovery of agency records, court filings show, and the IRS and Treasury did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources present this litigation matter neutrally, attributing claims to plaintiffs and prosecutors and avoiding loaded assertions. They include contextual facts (Littlejohn’s conviction, NYT/ProPublica reporting, Treasury quote) and note lack of immediate government comment. Editorial choices favor factual chronology and attribution rather than evaluative language or omitted viewpoints.