Treasury's Bessent defers to DOJ on Trump's lawsuit against IRS 06-Feb 01:26

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday said any settlement of President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service would come from the Treasury general account.

Bessent said he had not spoken with the president or his office about the lawsuit, adding that this was a Justice Department matter and he had no say about it. He said he would await instructions from the Justice Department on whether to sign any such check, if Trump prevailed in the lawsuit.

Trump sued the IRS and Treasury last week over the disclosure of his tax returns to the media in 2019 and 2020.