Littlejohn is charged with one count of unauthorized disclosure of tax returns and return information and faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

He should have violently stormed Congress instead. You only get like 3 months for that.

littlejohn is what a patriot looks like because what he did is what patriots are supposed to do in the face of fascism

Dude was arrested for showing everyone what trump was obligated to show, but illegally hid from everyone.

This is America.

If storming the capital gets your 3 months, then exposing Trump's fraud should get you... A medal of honor?

Damn poor guy. I'll put 20 bucks on his books for Ramen. Dudes a true patriot.

The rich deserve to be exposed for the countless crimes they've committed over the decades with tax dodging. Good on this man. It speaks volumes of how shitty our country is though when January 6th insurrectionists get less time than this guy might though.

Maybe he and Trump can be cellmates!

The hero we needed. Good job sir.

Why are tax returns not public property? In Sweden you can look up anyone's tax info.

A man named Littlejohn, so sly,
Stole Trump's taxes as they caught his eye,
For his audacious feat,
A national hero's seat,
Damnthefilibuster says, let him fly!

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against a contractor with the Internal Revenue Service who allegedly stole the tax returns of a high-ranking government official.

A source familiar with the matter told CNN that official is former President Donald Trump.

The man, 38-year-old Charles Edward Littlejohn, worked with the IRS from 2018 to 2020, according to court documents.

Though the official is not named in court documents, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN the tax returns in question were Trump’s.

“Both news organizations published numerous articles describing the tax information they obtained from the Defendant,” court documents said.

The New York Times and ProPublica both published articles based on tax records of the former president and other wealthy Americans around the same timeframe – in 2020 and 2021, respectively.

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I love how it's about someone leaking documents and the very next thing is someone leaking to CNN that this case is about Donald Trump.

There's a certain meta humour to this that's kind of impressive.