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.

  • @[email protected]
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    1238 months ago

    Leak a billionaires tax records: 5 years.

    Literally rape while a billionaire: 0 years.

    • @jeremyparker
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      408 months ago

      Becoming president and attempting to overthrow the government: ???

      Let’s find out!

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      318 months ago

      Rape a girl behind a dumpster, with rich parents: think about his swimming career! 6 months, 4 with good behavior.

    • @[email protected]
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      28 months ago

      Yeah, statute of limitations on rape shouldn’t exist. It’s kinda bonkers it hasn’t been removed yet.

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        18 months ago

        They were able to prove it well enough for E. Jean Carroll’s civil case to consider the assault a fact

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          18 months ago

          No, it was considered more likely than not. A civil trial has a completely different standard from a criminal one.