Trump, Sons Sue IRS and Treasury for $10B Over Leaked Tax Records – Filed in Miami
President Donald Trump, his two eldest sons and the Trump Organization have sued the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department, demanding $10 billion in damages over an alleged tax data leak that they say was preventable, according to court filings in Miami federal court.
The lawsuit escalates a long-running dispute over Trump’s confidential tax records, raising questions about privacy and accountability inside federal agencies.
In the complaint, the plaintiffs say the IRS and Treasury failed to stop Charles E. Littlejohn, a former IRS contractor who later pleaded guilty to leaking Trump’s tax data and those of other wealthy individuals to news outlets including The New York Times and ProPublica.
The suit claims the disclosures caused reputational and financial harm, and that government negligence allowed them to happen, potentially exposing the agencies to huge taxpayer-funded payouts.
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“Defendants have caused Plaintiffs reputational and financial harm…” the filing states.
If successful, the case could set a major precedent for how government data breaches involving public officials are handled.
Critics, including Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, call the move “hypocritical” and politically charged.
Legal analysts will watch whether the court allows such a high damages award and how liability is defined under federal law.
Trump’s legal team and the IRS have not publicly responded beyond filings.
The next major development will be pretrial motions and any scheduled hearing dates in federal court.
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