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Story · April 24, 2026

Trump’s $10 billion IRS suit is on pause talks, not a resolution

By The Daily Fuckup Newsroom · From the April 24, 2026 edition

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Correction: Trump’s lawyers asked for a 90-day pause to pursue settlement talks; the lawsuit has not been resolved.
Trump’s $10 billion IRS suit is on pause talks, not a resolution

Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit over alleged tax-record leaks is still pending, but his lawyers filed a motion on April 17 asking the federal court in South Florida to put the case on hold for 90 days while the parties try to work out a settlement.

The request is procedural, not dispositive. It does not dismiss the case, and it does not say the dispute has been resolved. It simply asks for time while the sides pursue settlement discussions in the civil action against the IRS and Treasury Department.

Trump filed the suit on January 29, 2026, saying the government failed to prevent disclosure of his tax information to news organizations between 2018 and 2020. The complaint also lists Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and the Trump Organization as plaintiffs. The filing seeks damages for the alleged disclosure and the harm Trump’s side says it caused.

The lawsuit sits on top of a leak case that is already settled in criminal court. Charles Edward Littlejohn, a former IRS contractor, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2024 for taking and sharing tax records with news outlets. The IRS has separately said it was strengthening its data-protection procedures after the breach. The new court filing changes none of that history; it only signals that the civil case may be moving, for now, toward negotiation rather than immediate litigation.

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