U.S. Government Sues West Virginia Senator Jim Justice for Unpaid Taxes: A SummaryThe U.S. government has filed a lawsuit against West Virginia Senator Jim Justice and his wife, seeking over five million dollars in unpaid federal income taxes, penalties, and interest. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Beckley, West Virginia, claims that the Justices have not fully paid these assessments despite being notified. The Department of Justices Tax Division is asking for an exact amount of five million, one hundred sixty-four thousand, seven hundred thirty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents. This legal action stems from tax filings as far back as the two thousand nine tax year and comes just under two months after the IRS filed notices of a tax lien against Senator Justice for eight million dollars. The lawsuit also references a tax assessment from November twenty-fifth, two thousand fifteen, which is the same date mentioned in the IRS lien notices. Senator Justice was elected to the Senate in November two thousand twenty-four and previously served as West Virginias governor from two thousand seventeen until he joined the Senate in January. This tax-related lawsuit follows closely on the heels of another legal issue, where a federal judge in Tennessee found Senator Justice liable for more than twenty-nine million dollars in damages to Lexon Insurance Company.

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