Trump Files $10 Billion Suit Against IRS Over Tax Leaks

President Donald Trump, along with his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump and the Trump Organization, filed a $10 billion lawsuit on Thursday against the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury Department in federal court in Miami. The civil complaint accuses the agencies of failing to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of the plaintiffs' confidential tax records in 2019 and 2020.

The suit centers on actions by former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn, who leaked the tax information to news outlets including The New York Times and ProPublica. Littlejohn pleaded guilty in 2023 to one count of unauthorized disclosure of tax return information and was sentenced to five years in prison in 2024. Prosecutors described the breach as unprecedented in IRS history, noting that it involved data from about 406,000 taxpayers over more than 15 years. The leaks led to multiple articles, with The New York Times publishing at least eight and ProPublica at least 50 based on the disclosed records, according to the complaint.

Trump is pursuing the case in his personal capacity, not as president, the filing specifies. The plaintiffs allege that the IRS and Treasury neglected their...