Coverage dated September 28, 2023 to September 29, 2023
IRS consultant charged with leaking Trump's tax information
Headline from NBC 6 South Florida
An IRS consultant was charged Friday in connection with wrongfully disclosing tax return information, documents that were, according to a source familiar with the matter, the leaked the tax returns of former President Donald Tump.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service was charged Friday with leaking tax information to news outlets about thousands of the country's wealthiest people.
A former IRS contractor has been charged with leaking tax information to news outlets about a government official and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people.
The New York Times and ProPublica published numerous articles about the tax information, some of which dated back more than 15 years, charging documents state.
Federal prosecutors charged an Internal Revenue Service contractor with stealing tax information of a public official and thousands of wealthy Americans.
(CNN) — Federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against a contractor with the Internal Revenue Service who allegedly stole the tax returns of a high-ranking government official. A source familiar with the matter told CNN that official is former President Donald Trump.
The Justice Department said in a statement Friday that 38-year-old Charles Edward Littlejohn of Washington, D.C., is accused of stealing tax return information and giving it to two different news outlets between 2018 and 2020.
An IRS consultant was charged Friday in connection with wrongfully disclosing tax return information, documents that were, according to a source familiar with the matter, the leaked the tax returns of former President Donald Tump.
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."
