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Ex-IRS employee who leaked Trump tax returns summoned by House committee
The Center Square ^ | March 19, 2025 | Thérèse Boudreaux

Posted on 03/20/2025 5:44:08 AM PDT by Red Badger

A Republican lawmaker is demanding that the man responsible for leaking President Donald Trump’s tax returns in 2019 testify before the House Judiciary Committee.

Responsible for one of the largest data breaks in the Internal Revenue Service’s history, the ex-IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for leaking the tax documents of roughly 400,000 wealthy Americans – including Trump – to media outlets in 2019 and 2020.

Littlejohn’s short sentence results from the DOJ charging him with only one count of unauthorized disclosure of tax information and then offering a plea deal, which Republicans blasted as too lenient.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent a letter Monday to Littlejohn’s attorney, Lisa Manning, demanding she facilitate Littlejohn’s appearance “as soon as possible” before the committee to give testimony.

“The Committee has jurisdiction over criminal law and federal law enforcement pursuant to House Rule X,” Jordan wrote. “As such, to develop effective legislation, such as reforms to DOJ procedures governing plea agreements and new statutory limits of the Crime Victims’ Rights Act, Mr. Littlejohn’s testimony is necessary.”

At the time of Littlejohn’s sentencing, it was believed the leak affected about 70,000 people. But the IRS revealed in February 2025 that the leak impacted roughly five times that many taxpayers, 89% of them businesses.

Elon Musk, a billionaire who is now the head of Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), was also targeted in the leak.

“In light of this new information, Mr. Littlejohn’s testimony is critical to the Committee’s oversight efforts and advancement of potential legislative reforms,” Jordan added.

While Republicans maintain Littlejohn’s actions were a leftist betrayal — given that Littlejohn leaked the tax information to left-leaning media outlets — Democrats are accusing their counterparts of hypocrisy. Since February, Musk and DOGE operatives have reportedly been combing through IRS records for fraud, raising data privacy concerns.

Jones has requested that Littlejohn’s lawyer confirm his appearance date before the Judiciary committee by the end of the month.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Government
KEYWORDS: capitalpunishment; charleslittlejohn; doj46; gettherope; history; irscontractor; thenhanghim; thereseboudreaux
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To: Red Badger

“”I sent the author an e-mail to ask her if it was a typo...””

Oh! No! Now you’ll hear that there really is a Jones in the story and we’ll have to start over!!!

I hope the author is very embarrassed!!


21 posted on 03/20/2025 6:27:18 AM PDT by Thank You Rush ( )
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To: Thank You Rush

Note to self. DO NOT TEXT BEFORE COFFEE. 😁


22 posted on 03/20/2025 6:28:22 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Thank You Rush

They updated my phone software to some new AI feature that changes my text. Very frustrating.


23 posted on 03/20/2025 6:30:45 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: brownsfan

Humility is rare on FR. Your penance is noted and appreciated. You will be rewarded with great posts in the future.


24 posted on 03/20/2025 6:33:57 AM PDT by richardtavor ( )
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To: Thank You Rush

People, and especially journalism types, rely too heavily on ‘AUTOCORRECT’ to fix their mistakes, and sometimes they are quite funny.............


25 posted on 03/20/2025 6:34:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Thank You Rush

Smartphone edits without my permission. Have to be more careful in reviewing before posting.


26 posted on 03/20/2025 6:34:38 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Are you, or have you ever been, a Democrat?)
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To: Red Badger

He should have gotten a 400,000 year sentence.


27 posted on 03/20/2025 6:37:14 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: coloradan

The Government always holds back charges, just in case they need to hit the guy again..................


28 posted on 03/20/2025 6:40:54 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Littlejohn’s sentence result of unauthorized disclosure of tax information.

Democrats are accusing their counterparts of hypocrisy.

How dare they interrupt our corruption operation after attacking our private banking system what is the world coming to.


29 posted on 03/20/2025 7:08:55 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Red Badger

Surely some law was broken and the person can be prosecuted for that.


30 posted on 03/20/2025 7:30:13 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: metmom

He was and is serving time, though only 5 years.

But the Government always holds back charges in case they need to prosecute again, or as in this case, get information from him about ways to stop future ‘contractors’ from being able to access peoples financial information.................


31 posted on 03/20/2025 7:33:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

OK. Thanks.


32 posted on 03/20/2025 7:40:47 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: Thank You Rush

Maybe its Doctor Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1jPUB7gRyg


33 posted on 03/20/2025 8:05:19 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: Red Badger

The point of all this is to keep it in the court of public opinion. The cure for future corruption is shining the light on past and current corruption.

It is worth the cost and effort.


34 posted on 03/20/2025 8:13:28 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Red Badger

If he actually broke a law but is not sent to jail, this new Admin is nothing new. Not an improvement.


35 posted on 03/20/2025 8:24:02 AM PDT by bobbo666
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To: Red Badger

(Littlejohn leaked the tax information to left-leaning media outlets)

Littlejohn would have had to access the XXXXXX System (Taxpayer database)

I seriously doubt that even DOGE has access to that system

Simply IRS management systems


36 posted on 03/20/2025 8:29:18 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: brownsfan

According to the article, he’s already in jail.


37 posted on 03/20/2025 9:42:46 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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