Treasury cancels all Booz Allen contracts
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By
Ross Wilkers
The cancellations are tied to a former Booz Allen employee, who admitted two years ago to leaking President Trump's tax information and tax data on other wealthy individuals.
The Treasury Department has moved to cancel all contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, two years after a former company employee pled guilty to leaking President Trump's confidential tax information without authorization.
Treasury currently has 31 contracts with Booz Allen that average roughly $4.8 million in annual spending and have totaled $21 million in obligations.
In a statement issued Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cited inadequate data protection safeguards as driving the decision and specifically the disclosure of sensitive taxpayer information accessed through IRS contracts.
Between 2018 and 2020, then-Booz Allen employee Charles Edward Littlejohn obtained and leaked confidential tax returns and related information of approximately 406,000 individuals and businesses, including Trump's.
In October 2023, Littlejohn pled guilty to one count of unauthorized disclosures of income tax returns. As part of his plea agreement, Littlejohn admitted he leaked Trump’s tax records to the New York Times and records about wealthy individuals to ProPublica.
Littlejohn was later sentenced to the maximum penalty of 5 years in prison.
A Booz Allen spokesperson emailed this statement to Washington Technology following our request for comment:
“We have consistently condemned in the strongest possible terms the actions of Charles Littlejohn, who was active with the company years ago. Booz Allen has zero tolerance for violations of the law and operates under the highest ethical and professional guidelines.
"When Littlejohn’s criminal conduct occurred more than five years ago, it was on government systems, not Booz Allen systems. Booz Allen stores no taxpayer data on its systems and has no ability to monitor activity on government networks.
"Booz Allen fully supported the U.S. government in its investigation, and the government expressed gratitude for our assistance, which led to Littlejohn’s prosecution. We look forward to discussing this matter with Treasury.”
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to include the above response)