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submitted 11 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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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 404 points 11 months ago

That's a longer sentence than many of the January 6th traitors.

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 197 points 11 months ago

This. Jan 6 traitors are getting slap on their wrists and pat on their backs

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 112 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

All Cops are Bastards, All Judges are Bastards, All Prosecutors are Bastards.

The entire fucking "justice" system is tilted towards forgiving and enabling right-wing violence while labeling left-wing protest as "terrorism" that justifies lethal force.

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 64 points 11 months ago

I always call it a legal system, because theres sure as hell no justice in it.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 20 points 11 months ago

Ooh, that’s good. I’ll update my vocabulary, the way I did when I started referring to people as “pro birth”, because they certainly don’t deserve to be called “pro life”.

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

pro forced birth even

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

That’s certainly easier than saying anti-post-natalists.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

The entire system is tilted and reforms are needed.

Do you anticipate broad generalizations to overlook individual nuances & undermine constructive discussion?

Or is it important to cast blame upon each and every member of a broken system, regardless of whether they may personally be activists for our cause?

[-] Deello@lemm.ee 53 points 11 months ago

Adding to this. The judge said "It engenders the same fear that January 6 does." So if this crime is just as bad Jan 6, shouldn't he be getting the same punishment as other Jan 6 traitors. Like you said, a shorter sentence. Not saying I agree with the judge but pick a side.

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

To a rich person, losing some (not even all) of their money is the most terrifying thing imaginable.

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 39 points 11 months ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago

Oh I know. Littlejohn committed the real type of crime- financial.

[-] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago

Financial crime against the rich, specifically.

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

What other kind is there? Stealing from the poor isn't crime, it's just business.

[-] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Judge: I asked my caddie's chauffeur what a bank was, and he said it was a place poor people store money that isn't properly invested. Therefor, robbing a bank is tantamount to that most heinous of crimes; theft of money!

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Good ole Judge Whitey

[-] xhieron@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Don't catch you slippin' now

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