Former IRS contractor says it was easy to steal Trump's tax returns, tells agency how to prevent it

Charles Littlejohn, the former IRS contractor who stole former President Trump's tax returns, said it was easy to do and that he could have stolen any taxpayers' return.

“There was nothing to prevent me from accessing returns of any American,” Littlejohn said, according to a report from the Washington Times.

Littlejohn, a former contractor with Booz Allen Hamilton who had an IRS-issued email address and laptop, also was able to steal tax returns filed by about 7,500 wealthy Americans and leaked some of it to journalists.

“I was able to access tax returns at will,” Littlejohn, who reached a plea deal with the IRS that includes a maximum of 5-years in prison, said at a March 19 deposition.

He is currently serving his sentence at the Marion Federal Correctional Institution in Illinois with a scheduled release date of July 13, 2028.

Littlejohn explained to the IRS how he accessed the data and recommended that the agency conduct audits at random of employees’ and contractors’ digital activity.

The IRS has reportedly implemented new blocks on sending emails with taxpayer information directly from the IRS to third parties.