Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department for $10 billion over leaked tax returns

President Donald Trump on Thursday night sued his own Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion, alleging they failed to prevent a former IRS contractor from leaking his tax returns, and those of his sons and his company, to news outlets.

The lawsuit is related to former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn, who pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized disclosure of tax information in 2023, referring to the president's tax records, and was sentenced to five years in prison. 

The lawsuit, filed in a Miami Federal courthouse, specifies that Trump is suing in his personal capacity and not as president, along with his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., and the Trump Organization, according to NBC News.

"Defendants have caused Plaintiffs 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 standing," the complaint said.

The move marks the first time that a sitting president has ever sued his own administration for a monetary reward, even for actions done by previous administrations. 

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.