Trump sues IRS, US Treasury Department for $10B over leaked tax records

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The Times published a report in 2020 that showed the president had only paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017.
43% : The president alleged that the IRS and the Treasury Department failed to take the necessary steps to prevent a former IRS employee from improperly disclosing his tax returns.
39% : The personal lawsuit filed by Trump, his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization states that "Defendants willfully, knowingly, and/or by gross negligence unlawfully accessed and inspected Plaintiffs' confidential tax return information" and "disclosed Plaintiffs' confidential tax return information in violation" of the law.
35% : " Littlejohn also admitted in federal court to stealing tax records of thousands of other wealthy people in 2019 and 2020, including billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.
30% : President's lawyers say the government 'unlawfully accessed and inspected' his confidential tax returns President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Thursday, suing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the US Treasury Department for $10 billion for leaking his tax returns to multiple news outlets.
24% : In 2024, former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to leaking Trump's tax records to The New York Times.

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