Tax Return Thief Who Took Trump, Griffin Data Pleads Guilty (3)

A former Internal Revenue Service contractor pleaded guilty to stealing secret tax return information about former President Donald Trump and thousands of the wealthiest Americans and leaking it to two news organizations.

Charles Littlejohn, 38, admitted Thursday in a Washington federal court that he stole data about Trump and wealthy Americans and gave that information to media outlets between August 2019 and November 2020. He pleaded guilty to a single charge that carries a prison term as long as five years, but likely faces an estimated range of eight to 14 months, according to his plea deal.

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