A consultant working with the IRS was recently charged with leaking tax information on Trump and other wealthy individuals to news organizations.
We saw a lot of this kind of thing when Trump was president. These people see themselves as heroes of the ‘Resistance’ or something.
Politico reports:
UPDATED: IRS consultant charged in massive leak of taxpayer dataA consultant for the IRS has been charged with leaking to the news media private tax information about former President Donald Trump and thousands of the nation’s wealthiest people.Charles Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., stole the files while working as a government contractor and gave them to two news organizations, the Justice Department announced Friday.The agency doesn’t identify the outlets, though it appears to be referring to ProPublica and the New York Times.In a court document, the government says the leaks included information about “Public Official A,” which a person familiar with the charges confirmed is Trump.Littlejohn faces a maximum five years in prison, the Justice Department said.
One count? Amazing.
From the Justice Department:
IRS Consultant Charged with Disclosing Tax Return Information to News OrganizationsAn Internal Revenue Service (IRS) consultant was charged today with disclosing tax return information without authorization.According to court documents, Charles Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., while working at the IRS as a government contractor, stole tax return information associated with a high-ranking government official (Public Official A) and disclosed it to a news organization (News Organization 1). Littlejohn also stole tax return information for thousands of the nation’s wealthiest individuals, and disclosed this tax return information to another news organization (News Organization 2).Littlejohn is charged with one count of unauthorized disclosure of tax returns and return information. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Five years. What a joke.
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