Donald Trump has done many things that are unprecedented. He is the first President to be impeached twice. He is the first convicted felon to be elected President. He is the first President to encourage a violent insurrection to overturn the election that he lost.

So many firsts.

But this one takes the cake. It’s the biggest grift of all. It’s the definition of chutzpah.

Trump and his sons are suing the U.S. Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion because a rogue contractor leaked his tax returns.

In the 250 years of this nation’s history, no President has ever sued the government for damages to his reputation.

NBC News reported:

The lawsuit, filed Thursday at a federal courthouse in Miami, says Trump is suing in his personal capacity, not as president. The other plaintiffs include two of Trump’s sons — Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump — and the Trump Organization.

“Defendants have caused Plaintiffs reputational and financial harm, public embarrassment, unfairly tarnished their business reputations, portrayed them in a false light, and negatively affected President Trump, and the other Plaintiffs’ public standing,” the complaint says.

The Treasury and IRS did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday night.

A former IRS contractor, Charles Littlejohn, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2024 after he pleaded guilty the year before to leaking Trump’s tax records to The New York Times. The Times published exclusive reporting in 2020 that showed Trump had paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017.

Trump is also suing the Justice Department for $230 million its investigations of his role in the January 6 insurrection and his withholding of documents.

How vigorously do you think Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Attorney General Pam Bondi will fight their boss in court?

Would taxpayers have standing to sue to oppose any settlement?