Charles Littlejohn: Man who stole and leaked Trump tax records sentenced to 5 years in prison | CNN Politics
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The man who stole and leaked former President Donald Trump and thousands of other’s tax records has been sentenced to five years in prison.

The man who stole and leaked former President Donald Trump and thousands of other’s tax records has been sentenced to five years in prison.

In October, Charles Littlejohn, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized disclosures of income tax returns. According to his plea agreement, he stole Trump’s tax returns along with the tax data of “thousands of the nation’s wealthiest people,” while working for a consulting firm with contracts with the Internal Revenue Service.

Littlejohn leaked the information to two news outlets and deleted the documents from his IRS-assigned laptop before returning it and covered the rest of his digital tracks by deleting places where he initially stored the information.

Judge Ana Reyes highlighted the gravity of the crime, saying multiple times that it amounted to an attack against the US and its legal foundation.

    • Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone
      215·
      10 months ago

      Unfortunately a presidential pardon would be as blatant a political act as they come. Or at least that’s how it would be perceived.

      He’ll be OK. There’ll be employers lining up to give him a job afterwards.

      • Zess@lemmy.world
        10·
        10 months ago

        Putting ketchup on a burger and not mustard is seen as a political act anymore. Trump pardoned a group of war criminals, Charles Littlejohn deserves to walk free.

        • Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone
          57·
          10 months ago

          The law is the law. We need to keep acting in good faith or we’re no better than the GOP. I agree with your sentiment but I think he knew exactly what would happen and did not expect to be let off the hook.

          • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
            1·
            10 months ago

            I doubt he expected five years though. It’s not like he was making money from what he did or showing classified information that could harm someone.

            • Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone
              1·
              10 months ago

              I do not want him to be punished, but at the same time ‘we’ need to uphold the standards that ‘they’ would not (when it suited them).

      • psmgx@lemmy.world
        62·
        10 months ago

        Pfffffff Biden is old as fuck and would be on his second term. The final act of his political career, and as political foosballs go about as long lasting as Barak Obama having a ketchup stain on his suit.