Representative: Trump sues the IRS (Internal Revenue Service). If he wins, where will the $1 billion in government compensation come from?
Secretary of the Treasury: General fund
Representative: That means taxpayers' money.
Secretary of the Treasury: Yes.
The above dialogue comes from a lawsuit filed by Trump against the IRS.
Trump and his family officially filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS in early January 2026, accusing the two departments of maliciously leaking their confidential tax information and demanding at least $1 billion in damages. If they win, the U.S. Treasury Secretary publicly admitted that this huge compensation would be borne by American taxpayers.
Trump's legal team stated in the complaint that there were "unethical, politically motivated employees" within the IRS who illegally leaked private tax information of Trump himself, his family members, and the Trump Organization to media outlets such as The New York Times and the nonprofit news organization ProPublica, leading to the public dissemination of confidential financial data.
Claim Basis
Trump's side believes that the IRS and the Treasury Department had systemic failures in the information leak, and the relevant actions seriously violated their personal privacy rights and legal rights, thus requesting at least $1 billion in compensation.
$1 billion, that's it!
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