President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Department as one of the plaintiffs on Thursday, alleging a former IRS employee leaked his confidential tax records over six years ago.

President Donald Trump and his family have filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Treasury Department, seeking $10 billion in damages over the alleged leak of their confidential tax information.

President Donald Trump sued the US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service for at least $10 billion over an unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office, potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout.

Charles "Chaz" Littlejohn, a former IRS employee, is currently serving a five-year sentence in prison for disclosing thousands of tax returns.