On Thursday, the GOP House Committee on the Judiciary revealed that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) confirmed that under the Biden administration, the agency leaked taxpayer information of more than 405,000 Americans — including Donald Trump.

A letter from acting IRS Commissioner Douglas O’Donnell to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) stated, “How the IRS has notified or plans to notify victims of whether their protected taxpayer information was provided to a third party, including but not limited to The New York Times and Pro Publica. The Internal Revenue Code requires a taxpayer be notified if any person is criminally charged by indictment or information with inspection or disclosure of such taxpayer’s return or return information. The IRS has mailed notifications to 405,427 taxpayers whose returns and/or return information was disclosed by Mr. Littlejohn.”

Former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn leaked the information; he is currently serving time in a Florida prison.

“Before its latest notification, the IRS indicated that Littlejohn’s leaks impacted an estimated 70,000 taxpayers, roughly 17 percent of the total. The IRS told (Rep. Jim) Jordan it is still gathering materials necessary to respond to the entirety of his inquiry,” National Review noted. “Littlejohn admitted to using the IRS archive to access the tax returns and leaked them to the New York Times and ProPublica, a left-wing outlet that has participated in progressives’ push to delegitimize the Supreme Court.”

“The IRS’s admission confirms the Committee’s suspicion and recent reports that show the scope of the leak was much broader than what the Biden Administration’s IRS initially led the public to believe. In May 2024, an IRS spokesman stated that ‘[m]ore than 70,000’ taxpayers were affected. We found out that it’s actually over 405,000 taxpayers!’” the House Committee wrote on X.

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As the firm Morgan Lewis stated in December, “[T]he victim notification letters that the IRS mailed out in April (First Notices) outlined general information about the breach and summarized the taxpayers’ rights as victims, providing instructions on how to seek additional details. Ultimately, the IRS sent First Notices to more than 70,000 companies and individuals that the IRS determined had been impacted by Littlejohn’s criminal conduct. However, these First Notices contained no details regarding the data that Littlejohn had disclosed—for example, what specific documents, what specific information, or pertaining to what time period—which has caused frustration for many recipients.”