Former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn pleaded guilty to stealing Trump’s tax data and leaking it to the Times. He also stole tax records for thousands of other wealthy Americans, including Ken Griffin, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos, which he leaked to ProPublica. Neither The New York Times nor ProPublica immediately responded to messages seeking comment. Littlejohn was sentenced to five years in prison in January 2024, after admitting he’d gone to work at the IRS with the goal of accessing Trump’s tax data. Photo caption: President Donald Trump talks to reporters before departing the White House on Jan. 27, 2026.