Hunter Biden filed a lawsuit Monday accusing the IRS of “repeatedly and intentionally” disclosing his tax returns and failing to protect the confidentiality of his tax documents.

President Biden‘s son is asking a court to declare that the IRS unlawfully leaked his tax records, provide him with all documents relating to the disclosure of his tax information and award him $1,000 in damages for each unauthorized disclosure.

The lawsuit comes just days after Hunter Biden was indicted on three criminal counts related to the possession of a handgun while under the influence of illegal drugs.

Hunter Biden had reached a plea deal with prosecutors that would have spared him prison time if he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor tax charges and entered a pretrial diversion program on the gun counts. However, the agreement fell apart under scrutiny by a federal judge during a dramatic court hearing in July.

The 27-page lawsuit, filed in Washington, D.C., singles out IRS agents Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler. Although they are not named as defendants, Hunter Biden‘s lawyers say they were “engaging in a campaign to publicly smear Mr. Biden” by disclosing his tax information in more than 20 televised interviews, public statements and congressional testimony.

“The lawsuit is about the decision by IRS employees, their representatives and others to disregard their obligations and repeatedly and intentionally publicly disclose and disseminate Mr. Biden‘s protected tax return information outside the exceptions for making disclosures in the law,” Hunter Biden‘s attorneys wrote.

The IRS and Empower Oversight, the organization representing Mr. Shapley, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Attorneys for Hunter Biden said the two agents “have targeted and sought to embarrass” the first son by “disclosing confidential information about his private tax matters to the media.”

The lawsuit also takes aim at the two lawyers’ whistleblower status, arguing that it does not shield their “wrongful conduct in making unauthorized public disclosures that are not permitted by the whistleblower process.”

“In fact, a ‘whistleblower’ is supposed to uncover government misconduct, not the details of that employee’s opinion about the alleged wrongdoing of a private person,” the lawsuit states.

Mr. Shapley and Mr. Ziegler went public this year with allegations that the Biden administration interfered with the IRS investigation in Hunter Biden‘s alleged tax crimes.

In testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, the two IRS agents said the government covered up alleged tax crimes by Hunter Biden and spelled out what they said was far-reaching corruption that hampered the investigation.

• Jeff Mordock can be reached at jmordock@washingtontimes.com.