AXIOS (Julianna Bragg) - Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department over alleged tax return leaks
President Trump , his two eldest sons and the Trump Organization sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion on Thursday over allegedly leaking tax returns containing "confidential, personal information." The big picture: The suit claims former IRS employee Charles "Chaz" Littlejohn illegally obtained access to Trump and his sons' tax returns and return information in 2019 and 2020 and both the IRS and Treasury failed to take precautionary measures to prevent the incident. - Attorneys allege the agencies have caused "reputational and financial harm, public embarrassment, unfairly tarnished their business reputations, portrayed them in a false light, and negatively affected President Trump, and the other Plaintiffs' public…
AI:Donald Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization have filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and the Treasury Department following the illegal leak of confidential tax information. The litigation alleges that former IRS employee Charles "Chaz" Littlejohn gained unauthorized access to sensitive financial records during 2019 and 2020, highlighting a catastrophic failure by federal agencies to protect private data. This breach caused significant reputational damage and financial harm, serving as another example of the deep-state weaponization and incompetence inherent in these administrative behemoths. While mainstream outlets scramble to frame this as a mere legal dispute, it is clearly a systemic failure designed to target specific…Open
