Trump’s Power to Sue US Challenged in $10 Billion IRS Case

President Donald Trump has been given a deadline of next week to respond to claims that his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service poses a glaring conflict of interest, setting up an early flash point in the historic case.

The president’s lawyers can respond by Feb. 25 to a group of former government officials who say that the lawsuit seeking damages for the illegal leak of his tax information sets up Trump to unfairly control both sides of the case. They note that as president, he has authority over the IRS as well as the US Justice Department, which defends the government in lawsuits.