"Americans don't always know where their tax dollars are going, nor do they always agree with how they're used. President Trump has an unorthodox proposal for where 10 billion of them should go: directly to him. On January 29, Trump, along with the Trump Organization and his sons Don Jr. and Eric, sued the IRS for mishandling his tax information."
"The group is claiming improper disclosure-that a contractor leaked the president's and his sons' tax returns to The New York Times and ProPublica during Trump's first term. (As part of his 2023 guilty plea for disclosing tax-return information without authorization, the contractor admitted to leaking Trump's information to the Times.) The president is seeking $10 billion in damages; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed last week that all of it would come from the Treasury General Account, which consists entirely of taxpayer dollars."
President Trump, the Trump Organization, and his sons sued the IRS alleging improper disclosure of their tax returns. A contractor admitted in a 2023 guilty plea to leaking the information to news outlets. The plaintiffs seek $10 billion in damages, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed the funds would come from the Treasury General Account, which is funded by taxpayers. The case links concerns about tax privacy to the functioning of the tax system, and the proposed transfer of taxpayer dollars to the president by litigation would be unprecedented in U.S. history.
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