Trump, Musk Tax Leaker Should Get 5 Years for Theft, US Says

A former IRS contractor who pleaded guilty to stealing tax return information about former President Donald Trump and thousands of wealthy Americans should get five years in prison for the unlawful disclosures, the US Department of Justice told a federal court.

Charles Littlejohn pleaded guilty on Oct. 12 to leaking Trump’s taxpayer data to the New York Times and the tax return information of other prominent billionaires—including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Ken Griffin—to ProPublica. Littlejohn “weaponized his access” to leak the taxpayer data and “further his own personal, political agenda,” federal prosecutors told the US ...