Charles Littlejohn obtained records on thousands of wealthy Americans and handed them over to news organizations, the Justice Department says.
A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, on May 4, 2021, in Washington. | Patrick Semansky/APAn IRS contractor pled guilty Thursday to leaking the private tax information of former President Donald Trump and thousands of other wealthy Americans to the news media.
The agency did not identify the news organizations that received the information, though it’s apparent it is referring to ProPublica, which said it was given a massive trove of tax records and ran a series of stories detailing the tax practices of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and other wealthy people; and to the New York Times, which reported on Trump’s tax returns.
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