IRS consultant pleads guilty in massive leak of wealthy Americans’ tax returns
IRS consultant pleads guilty in massive leak of wealthy Americans’ tax returns
Charles Littlejohn obtained records on thousands of wealthy Americans and handed them over to news organizations, the Justice Department says.
An IRS contractor pled guilty Thursday to leaking the private tax information of former President Donald Trump and thousands of other wealthy Americans to the news media.
Charles Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., faces a maximum of five years in prison, the Department of Justice said. Sentencing is slated for late January.
Free him and audit everyone
I think the paperwork to start that process is here - https://www.justice.gov/pardon/apply-pardon
Incidentally, they might try to bullshit their way out of a direct answer by saying some misinformation about how "there is a five-year waiting period before a person can apply for pardon," but just remind them that's not how it worked for Michael Flynn and a whole bunch of other people under the last administration. Whether or not this gets done comes down solely to the President's willingness to order it.
The fact that this guy is going to jail by January but Trump isn't even close, means something is very wrong with our justice system.
He took a plea deal so they don't have to spend time bringing the case to trial.
He took the plea deal probably because he can’t afford a lengthy legal battle, decline to pay his lawyers, getting court dates shifted, appointing his own judge,… There is an entirely separate US justice system for the rich and powerful.
We should treat this man like the subway passengers treated Spider-Man after he saved their lives
Guilty of being moral and ethical. Billionaires should not exist.
Where's the gofundme
For real. I'll fund the fuck out of this dude. We need more people like him that are willing to do the right thing.
Seriously, I'll sign any petition or donate to any gofundme for this guy.
It’s only fair to give him the same punishment that one of those “wealthy Americans” would receive, right?
That's called a whistleblower. You know those people you put behind bars.
Jury nullification. Stand in solidarity.
Although, if he plead guilty already, nm lol
A hero! Now that the news knows the information that the IRS has, time to push to properly audit them to pay their fair share.
Fucking legend
The message is clear. Don't mess with rich people's money.
Everyone else? lol nah you'll just get audited.
Chad move by the IRS consultant
The hero we needed.
I can't believe he backed up the info on an ipod. Didn't realize those still existed.
Robinhood's right hand man!
Littlejohn gonna do Littlejohn things! Ya love to see it.
Ahchoo?
If I were in the jury I would simply say this man did no crime.
Unaware of how he evaded protections put in place by the IRS...
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
What protections?
Is there a link to the records database?