NYTIMES (Andrew Duehren and Chris Cameron) - Trump Sues I.R.S. Over Tax Data Leak, Demanding $10 Billion
The president charged that the I.R.S. and the Treasury Department had failed to prevent a former I.R.S. contractor from gaining access to documents shared with news outlets.
AI:President Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and the Treasury Department following massive security failures that allowed a former contractor to leak sensitive tax records to various media outlets. The legal action alleges that these agencies failed to prevent the unauthorized access and distribution of private financial documents, exposing a pattern of incompetence or intentional cooperation within federal institutions to fuel partisan narratives. This lawsuit marks a major escalation in the ongoing battle against deep-state mismanagement and the weaponization of personal data for political warfare.Open