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.
“”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!!
Note to self. DO NOT TEXT BEFORE COFFEE. 😁
They updated my phone software to some new AI feature that changes my text. Very frustrating.
Humility is rare on FR. Your penance is noted and appreciated. You will be rewarded with great posts in the future.
People, and especially journalism types, rely too heavily on ‘AUTOCORRECT’ to fix their mistakes, and sometimes they are quite funny.............
Smartphone edits without my permission. Have to be more careful in reviewing before posting.
He should have gotten a 400,000 year sentence.
The Government always holds back charges, just in case they need to hit the guy again..................
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.
Surely some law was broken and the person can be prosecuted for that.
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.................
OK. Thanks.
Maybe its Doctor Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1jPUB7gRyg
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.
If he actually broke a law but is not sent to jail, this new Admin is nothing new. Not an improvement.
(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
According to the article, he’s already in jail.
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