Utopia Talk / Politics / Trump sues the IRS for $10 billion

Rugian rank	Fri Jan 30 06:00:44 Trump sues IRS for $10B over leaked tax returns President Trump sued the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Thursday, seeking at least $10 billion in damages over an agency contractor who leaked his tax return information to news outlets. Charles Littlejohn, the contractor, is currently serving a five-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to a felony. Trump’s civil lawsuit now seeks an 11-figure payout on taxpayers’ dime, pointing to a federal law that enables Americans to seek damages from the federal government for breaches of their sensitive taxpayer information. The president sued alongside his two oldest sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., and the Trump Organization. The complaint names the IRS and the Treasury Department as defendants. “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 lawsuit states. The Hill has reached out to an IRS spokesperson for comment. The lawsuit landed days after the Treasury Department announced it was canceling contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, a major government contractor that employed Littlejohn when he was doing work for the IRS. His criminal prosecutors have said Littlejohn sought the role with the intention of accessing and disclosing tax returns. His leaks ultimately led to stories in publications including The New York Times and ProPublica about President Trump’s finances. Though federal law explicitly allows individuals to file lawsuits for such breaches, it only allows them to be brought within a two-year window. The New York Times began releasing stories sourced from Littlejohn’s leaks as early as 2020. But the Trumps say they didn’t learn that someone at the IRS disclosed it until receiving formal notice from the Treasury Department much later. “Plaintiffs had no reason to believe that an unauthorized disclosure had occurred for at least two reasons,” the lawsuit states. “First, the New York Times reporting did not state that the information came from the IRS, and second, the IRS Commissioner supposedly investigated and found that the disclosure did not come from the IRS.” The lawsuit was filed in federal court in the Southern District of Florida. The president is represented by his personal lawyers, led by attorney Alex Britto, who are now set to face off against Trump’s own Justice Department. https://th...154-trump-lawsuit-irs-damages/
Rugian rank	Fri Jan 30 06:03:24 I wonder how this is going to end. Surely not with a huge settlement between the plaintiff (the President of the United States) and the IRS (whose boss is directly picked by the President). :o
tumbleweed rank	Fri Jan 30 06:19:40 i'm definitely sure he suffered $10 billion in damages... (his lawsuit against the BBC also $10 billion for that matter) with his baseless lawsuit against the DOJ for investigating his crimes, pretty sure there are scenarios where the corrupt settlement doesn't even have to be made public (& possibly already occurred)
Rugian rank	Fri Jan 30 06:25:00 "(his lawsuit against the BBC also $10 billion for that matter)" Don't forget his $10 billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal!
tumbleweed rank	Fri Jan 30 07:15:44 he corruptly gave Ashley Babbitt's family $5 million of tax payer money for her death (that he caused)... but he deserves billions for his supposed harm...
Pillz rank	Fri Jan 30 08:56:27 Somehow this offends Rugian, despite the fact Rugian staunchly believes in the preservation of the Republic - yet this is the Republic, is it not? Colonial hedonists copied the most vogue style of government they could, but didn't bother with the requisite history lesson.
williamthebastard rank	Fri Jan 30 09:23:16 $10 billion of US taxpayers money. How quickly they forget their holy mantra "taxpayers money" - as utterly fake a pinciple as every single fake principle they drop at the tip of a hat. And his serfs applaud him as he completely openly robs them blind. How many schools, roads and hospitals is that? GOP voters are indisputably the stupidest people in the West, continuing their hallowed tradition of voting for people who make their lives worse - and the worse their lives get as a direct result of the people they vote for, the more they vote even more for people who make their lives worse.
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