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Trump files $10 billion lawsuit against IRS over alleged tax return leaks

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President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit in opposition to the IRS, accusing the company of unlawfully leaking his confidential tax returns in a politically motivated violation of federal privateness legal guidelines.

A spokesperson for Trump’s authorized workforce advised Fox Information that “a rogue, politically motivated” IRS worker disclosed personal and confidential tax details about Trump, his household and the Trump Group to media shops together with The New York Occasions and ProPublica.

The lawsuit claims the disclosures have been unlawful and brought on thousands and thousands in hurt by violating federal privateness legal guidelines.

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President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit in opposition to the IRS, Fox Information discovered Thursday. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Photos)

The contractor on the coronary heart of the leak, Charles Littlejohn, pleaded responsible in October 2023 to 1 felony rely of unauthorized disclosure of tax return info and is serving a five-year jail sentence.

Littlejohn admitted that he stole Trump’s tax info and leaked it to The New York Occasions and that he disclosed confidential tax details about rich people to ProPublica.

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Former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn is the contractor answerable for leaking Trump’s tax returns and is serving a five-year jail sentence. (Fox Information; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)

In accordance with the lawsuit, Littlejohn testified in a 2024 deposition that the Trump supplies he leaked included details about all of Trump’s enterprise property.

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As beforehand reported by Fox Information Digital, Littlejohn refused to testify earlier than Congress, citing his Fifth Modification rights as he appealed his sentence.

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In accordance with a June 2025 report Judicial Committee Within the press launch, DOJ prosecutors mentioned Littlejohn’s disclosures have been “unprecedented in scope and magnitude.”

It is a growth story. Test again for updates.

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