IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn was charged with disclosing tax return information of a high-ranking government official and "thousands of the nation's wealthiest people."

A former contractor who worked with the Internal Revenue Service until 2021 was accused of disclosing tax return information of a high-ranking government official and “thousands of the nation’s wealthiest people” without authorization, according to criminal information filed Friday in Washington, D.C.

Although the court documents do not reveal the name of the government official, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News that it is former President Donald Trump.

Charles Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., allegedly obtained Trump’s tax return information and gave it to a news organization, the court documents said. He has been accused of one count of unauthorized disclosure of tax returns and return information, and if he’s convicted, he could face a maximum five years in prison.

The government also alleges that Littlejohn took tax return information belonging to thousands of the richest people in the country and disclosed it to a different news organization.

  • Cleverdawny
    51·
    9 months ago

    Only the federal government has jurisdiction here, and the Biden administration isn’t interfering for political reasons in prosecutorial decisions. So, barring any evidence to the contrary, we pretty much have to assume this is just a boring prosecutor doing law enforcement as per standard rules and procedures.