{"id":2557554,"date":"2026-01-29T22:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sues-irs-and-treasury-for-10-billion-over-tax-return-leak\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T22:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:02:11","slug":"trump-sues-irs-and-treasury-for-10-billion-over-tax-return-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sues-irs-and-treasury-for-10-billion-over-tax-return-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump sues IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over tax return leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-sues-irs-and-treasury-for-10-billion-over-tax-return-leak%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2557554&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit Thursday against the IRS and Treasury in the Southern District of Florida, accusing the agencies of failing to prevent a leak of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treasury-watchdog-agrees-to-investigate-status-of-tax-cheaters-working-for-irs\/\" title=\"... Watchdog Agrees to Investigate Status of Tax Cheaters Working for ...\">confidential tax returns<\/a>.The complaint says former IRS contractor Charles \u201cChaz\u201d littlejohn illegally accessed and disclosed tax records to outlets including the New York Times and ProPublica in 2019\u20132020, and that the agencies did not have adequate technical, screening, security, or monitoring systems to stop him. Trump\u2019s sons Donald Jr. and Eric and the Trump Organization joined as co\u2011plaintiffs, alleging the leak caused them \u201csignificant and irreparable harm.\u201d Littlejohn, who worked for a contractor at the IRS from 2017 to 2021, pleaded guilty in October 2023 to disclosure of tax return facts and began a five\u2011year prison term in May 2024. The lawsuit notes Treasury has since canceled contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, the firm that employed Littlejohn, and frames the suit as holding the government accountable for the unauthorized disclosures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump sues IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-grassley-wants-to-know-why-treasury-irs-doj-are-silent-on-confidential-tax-return-leak\/\" title=\"Sen. Grassley Wants to Know Why ..., ..., DOJ, Are Silent on Confidential Tax Return ...\">tax return leak<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2488370\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/irs\/\">IRS<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/treasury-department\/\">Treasury Department<\/a> as one of the plaintiffs on Thursday, alleging a former IRS employee leaked his confidential tax records over six years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The federal lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of Florida, accuses the IRS and Treasury of failing to prevent the tax return leak carried out by Charles &ldquo;Chaz&rdquo; Littlejohn. The former IRS employee illegally accessed and disclosed the tax records to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lunatic-conspiracy-theories-heres-how-liberal-fact-checkers-treated-people-who-supported-lab-leak-theory\/\" title=\"\u2018Lunatic Conspiracy Theories\u2019: Here\u2019s How Liberal Fact Checkers Treated People Who Supported Lab ... Theory\">liberal news outlets<\/a> in 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4440081\/trump-national-emergency-cuba-tariffs\/\">Trump declares national emergency over Cuba&#8217;s support for &#8216;malign actors&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4439959\/trump-great-american-recovery-initiative-national-response-addiction\/\">Trump creates Great American Recovery Initiative for better national response to addiction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4439557\/takeaways-from-first-trump-cabinet-meeting-of-year\/\">No questions and format shift: Four takeaways from first Trump Cabinet meeting of the year<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Defendants had a duty to safeguard and protect Plaintiffs&rsquo; confidential tax returns and related <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-reps-jordan-issa-demand-transparency-from-irs-over-partisan-leak-of-tax-records\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Reps. Jordan, Issa Demand Transparency From ... Over \u2018Partisan\u2019 ... Of ...\">tax return information<\/a> from such unauthorized inspection and public disclosure,&rdquo; the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172\/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172.1.0_3.pdf\">27-page lawsuit<\/a> states. &ldquo;Accordingly, Defendants were obligated to have appropriate technical, employee screening, security, and monitoring systems to prevent Littlejohn&rsquo;s unlawful conduct.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4433283\/noem-called-victims-ice-shooting-domestic-terrorist-fit-definition\/\">NOEM HAS CALLED VICTIMS OF ICE SHOOTINGS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS. DO THEY FIT THE DEFINITION?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Defendants failed to take such mandatory precautions,&rdquo; it adds.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Trump as plaintiffs in the lawsuit are his two oldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, and the Trump Organization. Both sons run the family business.<\/p>\n<p>In the court filing, the four plaintiffs say the defendants caused them &ldquo;significant and irreparable harm&rdquo; after Littlejohn leaked their confidential tax information. He stole that information during his contracting tenure at the federal tax agency from 2017 to 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Littlejohn is currently serving a five-year prison sentence, which started in May 2024. He pleaded guilty to one count of disclosure of tax return information in October 2023 after being charged by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\">Biden administration<\/a> the month before.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Treasury Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/scott-bessent\/\">Scott Bessent<\/a> announced his department had canceled all contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton in connection with Littlejohn, who was employed by the management consulting company at the time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4437264\/nicki-minaj-sells-trump-accounts-amid-2026-affordability-blitz\/\">WHITE HOUSE TROTS OUT NICKI MINAJ TO SELL &lsquo;TRUMP ACCOUNTS&rsquo; AMID 2026 AFFORDABILITY BLITZ<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new lawsuit is particularly notable because it means Trump is suing his own administration over the tax return leak.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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 <em>New York Times<\/em>, <em>ProPublica<\/em>, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >left-wing news outlets<\/a>, which was then illegally released to millions of people,&rdquo; a spokesperson for Trump&rsquo;s legal team told multiple media outlets. &ldquo;President Trump continues to hold those who wrong America and Americans accountable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump sues IRS, Treasury for $10B over leak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2557555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26030060528646.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[8362,4585,72260,3634,68323],"class_list":["post-2557554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-irs","tag-lawsuit","tag-tax-return-leak","tag-trump","tag-u-s-treasury"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26030060528646.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2557554"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2557558,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557554\/revisions\/2557558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2557555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2557554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2557554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2557554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}