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.

  • Fedizen@lemmy.world
    353·
    10 months ago

    He got a longer sentence than many of the January 6th rioters. The reality is he committed a crime against billionaires and the Jan 6th dumbasses only committed crimes against public officials despite the latter criminals being more violent.

    But I guess crimes only count when they affect the ultra wealthy plutocrats.

    • PrettyLights@lemmy.world
      522·
      10 months ago

      He got a longer sentence than many of the January 6th rioters.

      That’s not the topic of any of my comments at all.

      Many posters are ignoring basic facts of law and how courts work, just because they feel wronged.

      Do I think the difference in length of sentence is fair for this leak vs jan 6 rioters? No it’s not fair, but that’s an opinion unrelated to the speediness of this trial entirely.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
        22·
        10 months ago

        Many posters are ignoring basic facts of law and how courts work, just because they feel wronged.

        So what you’re saying is that the commenters here are humans with biases and feelings about perceived injustice?! This is a travesty. People should really strive to be as robotic as possible! If a serial killer gets off on a technicality, welp guys that’s just how shit works sometimes and you aren’t allowed to express feelings about that.

        • PrettyLights@lemmy.world
          32·
          10 months ago

          Sure, but those same commenters also ridicule the other side for being uneducated and not understanding the law or operating based on feelings rather than facts.

          Pot, meet kettle.

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
            22·
            10 months ago

            Right yeah the problem we have is then expressing feelings about Hillary Clinton. Not that they are objectively wrong about most of what they think about her and other dems. /s

            If they had their facts straight they’d be well within their rights to want her and others locked up