Trump and sons seek $10 billion taxpayer-funded payday in IRS lawsuit

Photo: President Donald Trump delivers an economic speech [to taxpayers] at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Molly Riley via Flickr. US government work. Article by Garrett Owen. Salon – January 30, 2026.

President Donald Trump sued the IRS and the Treasury Department on Thursday, alleging they failed to “safeguard” his and his family’s tax returns from being leaked to the press. Trump, along with his sons, Eric and Don Jr., and the Trump Organization, are seeking $10 billion in damages, according to a lawsuit filed in Florida’s Southern District Court. The lawsuit alleges that the IRS and Treasury Department “had a duty to…protect” the Trumps’ “tax returns and related tax return information from such unauthorized inspection and public disclosure.” […]

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