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"Staggering Corruption": Rep. Raskin on Trump's $10B IRS Lawsuit, Stock Trades & Family Business

May 18, 2026Far Left

Donald Trump on Monday dropped his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over a leak of his personal and business tax records, a bizarre case of a sitting president suing his own government and essentially acting as both plaintiff and defendant. This comes amid reports that Trump’s Department of Justice was considering settling the case…

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President Trump in a filing on Monday moved to dismiss his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over an agency contractor who leaked his tax return information to news outlets. The notice of voluntary dismissal was filed in a federal court in Miami. Trump’s civil lawsuit sought an 11-figure payout on taxpayers’ dime, pointing to a federal law that enables…

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