How Trump’s Tax Returns Were Leaked

Politico: “Instead of searching the IRS’s tax return database directly for Trump’s documents — something that would have tripped agency alarms — Charles Littlejohn used “more generalized parameters that would nevertheless” yield the filings, the government says.”

“Littlejohn uploaded the data to a private website, rather than using a flash drive or a conventional remote-storage website, ‘to avoid IRS protocols designed to detect and prevent large downloads or uploads from IRS devices or systems.’

“He then downloaded the documents from the private website onto a personal computer. Littlejohn stored the data in various places, including his iPod.”