A former contractor who worked with the Internal Revenue Service until 2021 was accused of disclosing tax return information of a high-ranking government official and “thousands of the nation’s wealthiest people” without authorization, according to criminal information filed Friday in Washington, D.C.
Although the court documents do not reveal the name of the government official, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News that it is former President Donald Trump.
Charles Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., allegedly obtained Trump’s tax return information and gave it to a news organization, the court documents said. He has been accused of one count of unauthorized disclosure of tax returns and return information, and if he’s convicted, he could face a maximum five years in prison.
The government also alleges that Littlejohn took tax return information belonging to thousands of the richest people in the country and disclosed it to a different news organization.
He’s going to get more jail time for that than the dude who disclosed classified documents to enemies of the state.
Probably also more jailtime than the kid who released top secret military aircraft specs to look cool in an online forum.
We should make him a holiday as a true American hero IMO. The rich have no rights to hide their privateering criminal ways.
Yep, this guy is a hero.
He should set up a GoFundMe to help cover his legal fees. I’m tired of it always being scumbags. This is someone who actually deserves help!
Little Jon: “What?!”
Yeah, okay.
Shots. Shots. Shots.
Magnitude: “Pop-Pop!”
I notice there is no reference of whom is accusing him. I’ll posit this is another House “investigation” tit for tat for the lawsuit by Hunter Biden for the same crime.
Wing-nuts at work: throwing gasoline on the fire they set upon Democracy. Perhaps my guess is off the mark. I’d like to know.
Edit: decided to read the source to see if there is more detail, and it mentions the DOJ in passing. Perhaps it really is a legit case. Still is not clear, though.
Only the federal government has jurisdiction here, and the Biden administration isn’t interfering for political reasons in prosecutorial decisions. So, barring any evidence to the contrary, we pretty much have to assume this is just a boring prosecutor doing law enforcement as per standard rules and procedures.
