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1980s: Reagan and Justice #Scalia push #UnitaryExecutiveTheory arguing that the Constitution vests all executive power directly in the President.

2001–2008: #GWBush uses "Unitary Executive Theory" to consolidate security services and justify signing statements on laws passed by Congress.

2014: #Trump stated on air: "If I decide to run for office, I'll produce my tax returns, absolutely... And I would love to do that. He would go on to repeat this during actual campaigns. He did not release them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_returns_of_Donald_Trump

2019 While Trump was president, a man hired under Trump's IRS gave #TaxRecords to the New York Times while Trump was defying a congressional subpoena for records they were allowed by statute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Littlejohn

2020: In Seila Law LLC v. CFPB the Supreme Court claims "the entire 'executive power' belongs to the President alone" and strikes down removal protections for the director of the CFPB.

2024: In Trump v. US the Supreme Court granted presidents broad, near-absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. Also, the leaker of the records Congress couldn't get and that Trump promised was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

2025–2026: Over and over, "Unitary Executive Theory" is used to justify a purge of employees and departments Trump deems to be enemies.

2026/01/29: Trump sues his own IRS and Treasury over the leak of tax records that he had previously promised to release himself. He demanded 10⁶ × $10,000 — https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/

2026/05/18: Before showing up in court to answer "is Trump just suing himself with our $$$ at stake?" they settled out of court for a reported 10⁶ × $1776 — no Court, no Congress, no Transparency.

Did you know the Treasury canceled Booz Allen contracts? Dan Mangan reports this occurred after employee Charles Edward Littlejohn leaked tax records of Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk. Booz Allen's stock dropped 8%. Discover more. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/trump-tax-records-treasury-cancels-booz-allen-contracts.html #TaxRecords #DataBreach #BoozAllen
The IRS Is Building A Vast System To Share Millions Of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The Internal Revenue Service is building a computer program that would give deportation officers unpr…

Techdirt
Who Stole 3.6M Tax Records from South Carolina? – Krebs on Security

Ex-#IRS contractor sentenced to 5 years in #prison for leaking #Trump #taxrecords

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Ex-IRS contractor sentenced to 5 years in prison for leaking Trump tax records

Charles Littlejohn, who leaked the tax records of former President Donald Trump to The New York Times, was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday.

NBC News
Judge Orders #DonaldTrump To Pay The #NewYorkTimes#LegalFees In 2021 #Lawsuit The former president was ordered to pay the newspaper and three reporters $392,638 in legal fees after he lost a lawsuit over coverage of his #taxrecords. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-new-york-times-lawsuit-legal-fees_n_65a1d369e4b06444b222e409
Judge Orders Donald Trump To Pay The New York Times’ Legal Fees In 2021 Lawsuit

The former president was ordered to pay the newspaper and three reporters $392,638 in legal fees after he lost a lawsuit over coverage of his tax records.

HuffPost
Steve Bell on Donald Trump's tax records – cartoon

The US supreme court has ruled that the president may have to reveal his financial documents, dealing a major blow to his fight to keep them secret