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Trump’s Audacity Level: Suing The IRS For $10B Because His Tax Dodging Went Public
April 19, 2026
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Donald J. Trump — the guy who spent years screaming “I’m under audit!” like a broken record while refusing to release his own tax returns — is now suing the IRS for 10 billion (that’s taxpayer money, you guys, our money) because some contractor leaked his returns back in 2018-2020. The president's own tax office signaled they would settle a lawsuit with him, 9 News reports.
This is perfect after Americans just filed their taxes, since Trump’s leaked returns showed that the overprivileged grifter paid next to nothing in taxes some years, lost a fuck-ton on his “genius” businesses, and generally made him look less like a billionaire mogul and more like a walking tax-loss harvesting machine. The lawsuit’s bizarro math? Attorneys for Trump argued that the unauthorized release of his tax returns constitutes a separate legal violation for every person who viewed the leaked information. So — 10 billion in damages. According to Team Trump, the public finally seeing the actual numbers behind the golden toilet empire, is worthy of robbing 10 billion from taxpayers. Stop the steal, anyone?read more
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