Federal prosecutors charged a former IRS contractor who worked for the government from 2018 to 2020 with illegally acquiring and disclosing tax information of a high-ranking public official and other wealthy Americans to media outlets last month.
According to criminal records and a Department of Justice press release, Charles Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., stole tax return information linked with a high-ranking government official known as Public Official A. He then revealed this knowledge to News Organization 1, a news organization.
According to a source acquainted with the situation, the nameless figure mentioned in the legal documents is former President Donald Trump.
Littlejohn allegedly stole IRS information on thousands of rich individuals. The stolen data was then distributed to two news outlets.
“In July and August 2020, Littlejohn separately stole tax return information for thousands of the nation’s wealthiest individuals. Littlejohn was again able to evade IRS detection. In November 2020, Littlejohn disclosed this tax return information to News Organization 2, which published over 50 articles using the stolen data. Littlejohn then obstructed the forthcoming investigation into his conduct by deleting and destroying evidence of his disclosures.” the DOJ said.
According to the Justice Department, Littlejohn pleaded guilty to leaking Trump’s tax returns.
“An IRS contractor, Charles Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to disclosing tax return information without authorization.” the DOJ said in a press release.
“By using his role as a government contractor to gain access to private tax information, steal that information, and disclose it publicly, Charles Littlejohn broke federal law and betrayed the public’s trust,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland. “In every case, the Department of Justice is committed to following the facts wherever they lead and holding accountable those who violate our laws.”
“The unauthorized theft and disclosure of tax return information by government employees or contractors is a serious breach of the public’s trust,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “The Department will hold accountable those who illegally exploit their access to sensitive personal information.”
So they found the leaker of Trump’s returns and it was some IRS contractor, not even an employee of the IRS, but they can’t locate the person who left the cocaine in the White House or who the SCOTUS Dobbs decision leaker?
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