Ex-IRS contractor sentenced to 5 years for leaking tax documents from Trump, others

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A former IRS contractor who pleaded guilty to leaking tax documents
belonging to former President Donald Trump and other wealthy Americans was
sentenced Monday to five years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of
$5,000.

Charles Littlejohn pleaded guilty in October to one count of taking tax
return information without authorization, for leaking the documents to
media outlets in 2019 and 2020.

"The scope and scale [is] unparalleled in the IRS's history," U.S.
District Judge Ana Reyes said regarding Littlejohn's crime as she handed
down his sentence Monday in Washington, D.C. "You have caused and have
risked causing immense harm to thousands of Americans."

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According to a sentencing memo filed by prosecutors, Littlejohn "abused
his position by unlawfully disclosing thousands of Americans' federal tax
returns and other private financial information to multiple news
organizations" that sources said included the New York Times.

"In the case of Mr. Trump's tax returns, he was under no legal obligation
to disclose them," Reyes told Littlejohn Monday. "What you did in
targeting a sitting president of the United States is an attack on our
constitutional democracy,"

Littlejohn testified that he acted out of a "sincere belief" that he was
serving a cause, but acknowledged that his actions caused "significant
harm."

The former contractor said he felt that taxpayers “deserved to know” how
easy it is for the wealthiest Americans to avoid paying taxes.

His attorney, Lisa Manning, said Littlejohn was deeply sorry for his
actions.

"He has very deep remorse, he has deep remorse for the victims," Manning
told the judge. "And if he would, he would take it back."

Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who read a victim impact statement at the
hearing, asked the judge to sentence Littlejohn to the maximum amount,
saying Littlejohn "abused his position of trust" to "harm Americans,"
including Scott and his family.

"Donald Trump, Elon Musk ... all attacked for political purposes," Scott
said.

Republic members of the House Ways and Means Committee had asked Judge
Reyes, in a letter last week, to sentence Littlejohn to the statutory
maximum of five years in prison.

"In our view, the seriousness of the crimes and the context surrounding
them justify an upward variance. So that similar conduct is deterred in
the future, we respectfully ask that you sentence Mr. Littlejohn to the
maximum sentence of five years," the latter said.

Before handing down the sentence, Judge Reyes said that because only 152
victims had their information published, the scope of the harm is not
"necessarily known or done," pointing out that Littlejohn admitted to
leaking tax records belonging to "over a thousand" wealthy taxpayers.

The judge compared Littlejohn’s actions to the actions of some of the Jan
6. defendants she has sentenced.

"It cannot be open season on our elected officials," Judge Reyes said.

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