If I were a client of Deloitte Haskins, I'd be concerned about what other political-activist partners breach their clients' confidential information

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In an exclusive story published Friday, Breitbart's Matthew Boyle has revealed the name of the person who leaked private communications between the private citizen and now Senator and Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance and an until-now unnamed person, which included uncomplimentary comments Vance made in 2020 about then-President Donald Trump. The leaker, named Kevin Gallagher, is a consultant for Deloitte, a financial services firm. The Washington Post originally broke the story about the leaked messages but did not release the name of the person with whom JD Vance was messaging. Boyle wrote:

But what the Post did not do is tell its audience who Vance was communicating with in these messages, or provide the full context of the conversation, since it only reported part of one side of it. The Post argued it granted the source who provided these messages anonymity “because of concerns about retaliation,” but Breitbart News can reveal the person’s identity here for the first time as a well-connected Deloitte consultant.

Here's where Breitbart News spills the goods on the leaker:

The Deloitte consultant, whose identity the Washington Post’s Peter Jamison hid from the newspaper’s readers, is named Kevin Gallagher. Deloitte’s website lists Gallagher as a “principal” with the firm, based in Connecticut. Breitbart News has seen a screenshot of messages that Vance sent to Gallagher—the other side of the conversation is not available, because Gallagher had deleted his account, thereby deleting the messages—confirming that Gallagher is in fact the recipient of these.

A "principal" generally means a person highly placed in the firm. Deloitte, among other areas, provides services to various levels of government. For now, anyway. Should the Trump/Vance ticket win the election in November, this debacle may well end up costing Deloitte some significant government contracts. A company, after all, that does business with the United States government should be expected to maintain some degree of control over the unauthorized release of information; in this, Deloitte is not doing so well, a source told the publication:

A source close to Trump’s family told Breitbart News that the Trumps are watching this episode with horror. “The entire government affairs team at Deloitte should be fired,” the source close to Trump’s family said. “If they’re too dumb to understand how this is going to affect Deloitte’s access to a Trump administration then they have no business working in government affairs.”

Kev’s a Yale graduate, of course; Deloitte only hires the best.