Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax return leak

Jan 29 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday sued the Internal ​Revenue Service and Treasury Department for $10 ‌billion over the disclosure of his tax returns ‌to the media in 2019 and 2020.

In a complaint filed in Miami federal court, Trump, his adult sons and his namesake ⁠company said ‌the agencies failed to take “mandatory precautions” to prevent former IRS contractor ‍Charles Littlejohn from leaking their tax returns to “leftist media outlets” including the New York Times ​and ProPublica.

“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 IRS ​is part of the ​Treasury Department. Neither agency immediately responded to requests for comment after business ‍hours.

Other plaintiffs ⁠in the lawsuit include Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and the Trump Organization.

(Reporting ⁠by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Additional reporting ‌by Jasper Ward in Washington, ‌D.C.Editing by Shri Navaratnam)