President Donald Trump is suing the US Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for at the very least $10 billion, accusing the company of an unathorized leak of his tax returns throughout his first administration.
The swimsuit was filed on Thursday in federal court docket in Florida. Trump, who filed the swimsuit alongside his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, is suing the IRS and Treasury personally, not in his official capability as president.
“The IRS wrongly allowed a rogue, politically-motivated employee to leak private and confidential information about President Trump, his family, and the Trump Organization to the New York Times, ProPublica and other left-wing news outlets, which was then illegally released to millions of people. President Trump continues to hold those who wrong America and Americans accountable,” Trump’s authorized group mentioned in an announcement.
NCS has reached out to the IRS for remark.
This is a breaking information story and will likely be up to date.
NCS’s Paula Reid contributed reporting.