Trump v. Internal Revenue Service
2026 court case
President Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of the Treasury was a lawsuit brought against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by President Donald Trump in January 2026, alleging that the agency was responsible for his tax returns being leaked to The New York Times and ProPublica.
From 2019 to 2020, IRS contractor Charles E. Littlejohn leaked the tax returns of thousands of wealthy individuals, including Trump, to the organizations. Littlejohn was later convicted and sentenced on crimes related to the disclosures. Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization sued the IRS and the Department of the Treasury, claiming that the IRS had not prevented Littlejohn from accessing the elder Trump's tax returns. Trump's control of the federal agencies he was suing complicated the case and presented several possible conflicts of interest.
The Department of Justice (DOJ), which represented the IRS, settled the case out of court in May 2026, and the plaintiffs voluntarily dropped the lawsuit. The settlement involved establishing a US$1.776 billion fund for individuals claiming that the DOJ had been weaponized against them. The next day, in an addendum to the settlement, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche ordered the IRS to permanently end current and possible audits and inquiries into the Trump family and business.
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