Hunter Biden, the president’s son, sued the Internal Revenue Service Monday, alleging that the agency failed to protect his private tax records that he says were illegally released by its agents.
“The lawsuit is about the decision by IRS employees, their representatives, and others to disregard their obligations and repeatedly and intentionally publicly disclose and disseminate Mr. Biden’s protected tax return information outside the exceptions for making disclosures in the law,” the lawsuit alleges.
Biden claims that the IRS, through its agents and their representatives, “chose to publicly disclose the confidential return information during interviews with national media outlets … with the intent that these national media outlets would widely publish the information through its nationally and internationally televised news network, website and other means.” The lawsuit says the IRS’s public disclosure of Biden’s tax return information was not “requested by the taxpayer,” and therefore violated IRS rules. Among other things, Biden is seeking $1,000 for each unauthorized disclosure and attorneys fees.
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