President Donald Trump is suing the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department, and is seeking $10 billion in damages.

President Donald Trump is suing the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department, and is seeking $10 billion in damages.

Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization sued the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department in federal court in Miami on Thursday, following the leak of their tax returns by a former IRS employee in 2019 and 2020.

  • hector@lemmy.today
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    4 days ago

    Yhe irs’ leadership is appointed by prez snd can be fired at will. They can order the legal team, and or fimd ways to get them out.

    I remimd you he sued parts of the federal government already and they settled with him, what did he Sue again I can’t recall at the moment. I think at least two lawsuits one with the FBI was it?

    • Madison420@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      The oig isn’t and the oig is who would appoint outside counsel since everyone involved in conflicted.

      He didn’t, and they didn’t. He certainly threatened to I’ll give you that.

      • hector@lemmy.today
        1·
        4 days ago

        I presume you are referring to the office of Inspector general, and they can be fired by the president he is fired several already last year.

        • Madison420@lemmy.world
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          4 days ago

          That would make the oig as conflicted as the IRS commissioner in which case it would dump out to Congress to choose.

          That said the oig for Treasury is a very large office for an oig and that’s a very tall tree to chop down by millimeters, trump would be dead before all conflictions are litigated.