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31.01.26 - 10:03
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Trump Sues US Treasury For $10 Billion Over Tax-Returns Leak (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Sues US Treasury For $10 Billion Over Tax-Returns Leak
In the latest sign that we're living in unusual times, the sitting president of the United States is suing the US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service -- both housed in his executive branch -- and asking to be paid at least $10 billion in compensation for "reputational and financial harm," according to a complaint first publicized Thursday.
We're printing money willy-nilly -- so what's another $10 billion for Trump & Sons?
The suit springs from the IRS's failure to maintain the confidentiality of President Trump's tax returns. Between 2018 and 2020, then-IRS consultant Charles E. Littlejohn stole Trump's tax files and handed them over to The New York Times and ProPublica, which reported extensively on them. In 2024, Littlejohn was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing not only Trump's files, but also those of thousands more wealthy Americans, and giving them to the two news outlets. Prosecutors sai...
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