President Donald Trump is suing the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department, and is seeking $10 billion in damages.

Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization sued the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department in federal court in Miami on Thursday, following the leak of their tax returns by a former IRS employee in 2019 and 2020.

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Based on what little I know of this, myself only being versed in Bird Law, doesn’t the IRS enjoy sovereign immunity as a governmental entity? They can just declare that they do not agree to being sued.

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    Trump: I would like to sue the Office of the President of the USA for $10 billion dollars.

    Taxpayers: But, you are the President.

    Trump: Oh great, I’ll settle with myself for $5 billion dollars. Send a check.

    Taxpayers:

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          Say what you want, he got himself to become a president. Obviously he did something right.

          That something being lying, cheating, frauding, being stupidly lucky as well as removed which somehow is that combo that makes giant idiots rise to the top…

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            Obviously he did something right.

            Hillary: “Donald, my close personal friend and Epstein associate, would you mind running in the Republican primary and sabotaging their campaign so I can be president?”

            Trump: “Absolutely. Would love it. Really looking forward to you winning. Unless you don’t! Haha. But seriously, good luck out there. Can’t wait to receive a bunch of kickbacks under your administration.”

            2016 was literally “What if The Producers ran for President”?

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            Technically, he barely did shit other than be his usual asshole moronic self. The evil fuckers (Thiel and co.) in the shadows got him elected.

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    What damages? How about we dig into all the fraud on avoiding paying taxes on all that money daddy gave him?

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    More distraction from his kiddie diddlying/trafficking/protecting his handlers, I see. $10 BILLION LAW SUIT vs the IRS!!! How un-astonishingly absurd and “dead cat on table” of him

    Let’s sue him ourselves, for… everything‽, in the amount of $1 Trillion dollars! muwhahahahahaaa! That should make him shit his pants back down a little

    Or just continue letting him do whatever he wants, because he’s captured the “checks and balances” and proven the lack of consequences. That bitch is fucked, it’s the puppet-handlers that need to walk the line (if they wanna keep the charade up). And they don’t give a fuck, cause they’ve got the perfect patsy

    He can threaten everything once again, but good luck taking that grift to the grave. Salting the earth motherfuckers won’t have a habitable Mars to run to, cause they’re too busy burning the shit behind them

    Enjoy the yachts while you can! I’ll enjoy my humanity, meanwhile

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      More distraction from his kiddie diddlying/trafficking/protecting his handlers

      No. I think he’s just looting the place.

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    All the presidents combined for the last century have only amassed $40 million in wealth while in office despite the whining and complaining by the right about the Clintons or Obama. All of them, combined, a century’s worth…$40 million

    Trump has stuffed his pockets with $3 billion in since he got elected. In one year.

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    He hates that we wont stop talking about him being a pedophile and purposely hiding all the epstien files as they were business partners for years for human trafficking.

    Anything to distract away from him getting held accountable.

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    I’ll never forgive the assholes that voted this piece of shit into office again. I feel dumber every time I read this childish bullshit, and sad for humanity seeing the homuculi that applaud stupidity.

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      I’ll never forgive the assholes that voted this piece of shit into office

      You shouldn’t. These are the new Nazis. Sociopaths completely without respect for anything.

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    What a doofus. He could’ve asked for 10 billion and fifty dollars. Now he’s going to be 50$ short some day.

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      Lets say he sues all these government agencies and wins, he is just stuffing his own pockets with YOUR TAX DOLLARS