IRS Leaker of Trump, Griffin Tax Data Gets 5 Years in Prison (1)

Jan. 29, 2024, 6:40 PM UTC

A former Internal Revenue Service contractor who stole and leaked the tax returns of former President Donald Trump, Ken Griffin, Elon Muskand other billionaires was sentenced to five years in prison.

Charles Littlejohn, 38, pleaded guilty Oct. 12 to stealing Trump’s tax data from the IRS and leaking it to the New York Times. He also admitted taking tax information about thousands of other wealthy Americans, including Jeff Bezos, that he passed to ProPublica. The judge called it the biggest heist in IRS history and “an intolerable attack on our constitutional democracy.”

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