IRS Contractor Charged with Leaking Trump's Tax Returns and Confidential Information

A man named Charles Littlejohn, a contractor for the IRS, has been charged with leaking the tax returns of a high-ranking government official, believed to be former President Donald Trump. Littlejohn is also accused of stealing tax return information from thousands of wealthy individuals and providing it to news organizations. The court documents do not name the official, but sources confirm it is Trump, and the news organizations involved are The New York Times and ProPublica. Littlejohn faces up to five years in prison if convicted. The leaked information, which was published in numerous articles, revealed that Trump paid only $750 in federal income tax in 2016 and his first year in the White House, and no income taxes in 10 of the previous 15 years.