‘Unlawful conduct’: Trump sues IRS for allowing his tax records to be hacked

President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury Department alleging a former IRS worker leaked his confidential tax records to the public.

The lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida cites the release of his tax records six years ago and accuses the defendants of failing to prevent the leak by Charles “Chaz” Littlejohn.

He accessed the records – illegally – and then fed them to leftist news organizations in 2019 and 2020...