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submitted 9 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] DrPop@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Look up UNAX, he wasn't authorized to even view that information meaning he did technically break the law. Judge is extra for that comment though.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Who cares? It was for the betterment of the country by trying to stop fascism and so he should be pardoned. I'm surprised the jury didn't just let him off.

[-] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

He pled guilty. There wasn't a jury.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 3 points 9 months ago

🤔 Who wants to bet they intimidated or threatened him to taking that plea deal?

[-] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Intimidation and threats is the whole plea deal system by definition. "We're going to charge you with all these crimes and get you 20 years if you don't plead guilty to jaywalking". Doesn't matter if you have a strong case, or if they don't have a case at all, when they have even a weak case to ruin your life. As my attorney (long story, civil case) puts it "once something gets to the jury, it can always go either way".

But, as the bootlickers will say, the courts will be overwhelmed if EVERY person we lock in a cage has their day in court!!! They can cry me a fucking river.

There will never be justice in our country as long as there's a plea deal system.

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