Rick Scott sues contractor over leaked tax returns [View all]
Source: Politico
03/24/2026 05:22 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Sen. Rick Scott is suing a major government contractor for damages after his tax returns were leaked along with other prominent and wealthy figures, including President Donald Trump.
The Florida Republican on Monday filed a lawsuit against Booz Allen Hamilton, a management and technology consulting company, and a former employee of the contractor who was convicted of leaking the tax returns of Trump and other wealthy individuals to The New York Times and ProPublica.
“I am disgusted by the weaponization of government under President [Joe] Biden, and I look forward to Booz Allen being held accountable for its reckless failure to prevent its employee from unlawfully releasing the tax returns of thousands of people, including me and President Trump,” Scott posted on X about the lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed in the Middle District of Florida and comes almost two months after Trump filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion. That lawsuit did not target Booz Allen or Charles Littlejohn — who was sentenced to five years in prison in 2024. But the Treasury Department canceled contracts with the company in January — a situation that Scott’s lawsuit said proved that the company was culpable.
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