US President Donald Trump and his two sons have filed a billion-dollar lawsuit against the federal government over leaks of their business and personal tax returns, the BBC reports.
The civil complaint, filed in Miami federal court, seeks $10bn in damages.
The Trump family accuses the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) – the US-wide tax body – and the Treasury Department of failing to prevent the disclosure of “confidential, personal financial information” by a former IRS contractor.
The contractor, Charles “Chaz” Littlejohn, is serving a five-year prison sentence after being convicted of leaking the tax disclosures to US media outlets.
