The IRS is liable for damages if its employees illegally leaked Hunter Biden’s confidential tax return information, even if it was the employees’ attorneys who made the allegedly unauthorized disclosure.
The decision is at least a partial win for the son of President Joe Biden, who has faced charges related to tax evasion earlier this year, which a federal court in California declined to toss based on an argument about the special prosecutor’s appointment. He later pleaded guilty to nine tax offenses, with sentencing scheduled for Dec. 16.
Biden sued the IRS last September for damages related to the leaked ...