Trump moves to dismiss $10B lawsuit against IRS

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 Americans to seek damages from the federal government for breaches of their sensitive taxpayer information. 

The president, alongside his two oldest sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., and the Trump Organization, sued the IRS and the Treasury........

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