I will keep fighting to protect all taxpayers' information from being leaked and to hold the Trump administration accountable.

We’ll keep fighting to protect all taxpayers’ information from being leaked and to hold the Trump administration accountable.

Gomez and other Ways and Means Democrats committed to continue fighting to protect taxpayer information from leaks and hold the Trump administration accountable after an inspector general report on IRS data sharing with DHS.

Trump IRS illegally leaked 47,000 taxpayers’ private data to DHS, inspector general confirms | U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez
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Politico reported that Rep. Jimmy Gomez, a Ways and Means Committee member, warned that DOGE access to an IRS database containing detailed taxpayer financial information was a "five-alarm warning" and called it an "illegal and blatant power grab."

Gomez publicly opposed Trump-administration DOGE access to sensitive IRS taxpayer data, showing continued oversight activity but not a completed policy protection.

partial later_term A for effort

'Five alarm fire': Possible DOGE access to private taxpayer data sparks outcry
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Congress.gov lists H.R.9640 as passed by the House on December 22, 2022. The bill would require IRS examinations of presidential income tax returns and public reports on those examinations, creating an exception to tax-return confidentiality for that purpose.

The House advanced a presidential tax-audit transparency bill tied to Trump-accountability concerns, but it stopped after House passage and did not become law.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.9640 - Presidential Tax Filings and Audit Transparency Act of 2022
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 539 on H.R.9640 as passed, 222-201, and records Rep. Gomez of California voting Yea.

Gomez personally voted for the presidential tax-audit transparency bill, a concrete accountability action, though enactment failed in the Senate.

partial later_term A for effort

Roll Call 539 | Bill Number: H.R. 9640
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AP reported that a federal judge found the IRS violated taxpayer confidentiality laws approximately 42,695 times by disclosing taxpayer information to ICE under a Trump-administration data-sharing arrangement.

A major 2026 court development shows taxpayer-information protections remained unresolved and were breached under the later Trump administration.

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The IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential information to ICE 42,695 times, judge says
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AP reported that a settlement document made public May 19, 2026 said the U.S. would permanently drop current tax claims and examinations involving Trump, his sons and the Trump Organization as part of resolving Trump's IRS leak lawsuit.

The settlement undercut Trump tax-accountability efforts by barring existing examinations, indicating the accountability portion of the commitment remained unresolved or reversed by later events.

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US government agrees to drop tax claims against Trump in broadening of IRS lawsuit settlement
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The Guardian reported on June 2, 2026 that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the administration was abandoning the $1.8 billion fund, but that the agreement barring IRS audits of Trump, his family and related entities remained in place.

Within the lookback window, reporting showed one controversial fund was dropped while the tax-audit immunity provision remained, leaving Trump tax accountability unresolved.

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Trump's $1.8bn 'anti-weaponization' fund scrapped, acting attorney general Todd Blanche confirms - as it happened
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