Rick Scott sues Booz Allen Hamilton over leaked tax return

Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott filed a lawsuit Monday against government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and one of its former employees after his tax returns were part of a major leak to media outlets in 2020.The lawsuit comes after President Donald Trump sued the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department two months ago for their roles in the leak, which targeted multiple notable wealthy people, including Elon Musk. 
Scott claimed former Booz Allen employee Charles Littlejohn only had access to the tax records because of the firm’s contracts with the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service and is seeking compensatory damages for loss of privacy and economic losses, according to Politico. 
“I am disgusted by the weaponization of government under President 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.
The Treasury Department also canceled its contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton in January, alleging that it failed to “implement adequate safeguards to protect sensitive data, including confidential taxpayer information.” 
Scott claimed in the lawsuit that the Treasury Department’s cancellations were proof that the firm was culpable in the leak and argued the leak was not an isolated incident. 
“The unlawful disclosure of plaintiff’s tax return was not merely the result of an isolated act,” the lawsuit states. “It was enabled by systemic safeguard failures and negligent supervision within the contractor framework under which Booz Allen operated.”
Littlejohn pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized disclosure of tax information in 2023 for leaking Trump’s tax records to the New York Times and was sentenced to five years in prison. 
Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage. 

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