DOJ pressed to explain one-count charge for IRS leaker of Trump and other wealthy individuals' taxes

Republicans are demanding answers from the DOJ on its charging decisions of a former IRS consultant accused of leaking tax information of Trump and "thousands of the nation’s wealthiest individuals."

The Justice Department said Littlejohn accessed tax returns on an IRS database and saved the tax returns on personal storage devices, including an iPod.  Brooke Singman is a Fox News Digital politics reporter. You can reach her at Brooke.Singman@Fox.com or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.

The Justice Department did not specify the two news organizations that Littlejohn leaked the documents to, but Fox News was told that the two organizations were the New York Times and ProPublica, a New York City-based nonprofit investigative journalism group.