Overview

• Former IRS contractor, Charles Edward Littlejohn, leaked tax information about Donald Trump and other wealthy individuals to news organizations.
• Littlejohn intentionally applied to work as an IRS consultant with the aim of accessing and disclosing tax returns.
• Prosecutors recommend Littlejohn receive the maximum sentence of five years in prison for his actions.
• Littlejohn evaded IRS protocols to detect and prevent large downloads from government computers and saved the tax returns on multiple devices.
• Littlejohn's actions led to the publication of tax information of thousands of Americans, causing anger and embarrassment among the victims.