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.

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[–] 404 points 2 years ago (19 children)

That's a longer sentence than many of the January 6th traitors.

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  • [–] 197 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    This. Jan 6 traitors are getting slap on their wrists and pat on their backs

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  • [–] 112 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

    All Cops are Bastards, All Judges are Bastards, All Prosecutors are Bastards.

    The entire fucking "justice" system is tilted towards forgiving and enabling right-wing violence while labeling left-wing protest as "terrorism" that justifies lethal force.

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  • [–] 294 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    The judge compared Littlejohn’s actions to those of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, noting that, “your actions were also a threat to our democracy.”

    Because stealing and releasing tax documents is the same thing as attempting to violently overthrow the government.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    So the judge is in with trump. Hope none of his cases go that guys way.

    Like yeah, he broke the law and needed to be punished. But it wasn't government secrets, which i'm pretty sure is already legally coded separately from this guys crimes, and also neither of which are treason, which would be the capital attack.

    So the guy blatantly spoke against his own legal experience for a political swing.

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    [–] 164 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That's RIGHT! Releasing Tax Returns gets you MORE Jail Time then trying to violently overthrow the United States Government and HANG the Vice President! That will teach Hostile Countries to MESS with US!

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  • [–] 161 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yet holding onto classified documents, then hiding them and lying about it to investigators for months gets nothing but a very stern finger-wagging?

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    [–] 141 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Lol check out this bs: "The judge compared Littlejohn’s actions to those of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, noting that, “your actions were also a threat to our democracy.”

    “It engenders the same fear that January 6 does,” Reyes added."

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    [–] 123 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Leak a billionaires tax records: 5 years.

    Literally rape while a billionaire: 0 years.

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    [–] 123 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Pretty damn fast compared to how long its taking to prosecute Trump.

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  • [–] 103 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If you declare you are running for President, it should trigger an automatic disclosure of your entire tax record.

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    [–] 96 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Aight, I mean sure. It was wrong, but 5 years? I understand that not all judges sentence in the same way but 5 years? Insurrection gets basically gets butt pats and this guy gets 5 years?

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    [–] 81 points 2 years ago (16 children)

    Anyone has ever deserved a pardon it's this guy

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    He was providing a public service since trump refused to release them like every other presidential candidate has done for decades. This should be considered the same as whistle blowing.

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    [–] 78 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Sucks that leaking those returns moved the needle exactly 0% in the fight against Trump.

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  • [–] 76 points 2 years ago (53 children)

    They made an example of them. That judge is well enough off to be thoroughly upset that somebody might release their crooked tax documents.

    Honestly I think they should slip something into the law, for this type of leak if the person was lying and you release the document proving them lying that you get a slap on the wrist.

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    [–] 76 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    too bad judge Reyes isnt going to tell us how serious it is to steal classified documents and sell them.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago

    Selling classified documents to Russian and Chinese interests is standard practice for the oligarchy though. Some petty serf peasant slapping a few feudal lords, that is a real crime in Neo Feudal America.

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  • [–] 73 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Charles Littlejohn is a hero.

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    [–] 67 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Coming from. Sweden where all tax records are public, it seems insane to get 5 years for revealing taxes.

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    [–] 65 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    How did they get him tried and sentenced so fast?

    Every time I question why Trump isn't in jail already people keep telling me "these things take time".

    Given that Trump is a high profile case, allowing them to take twice the time of a normal person would have still put him behind bars already.

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    [–] 63 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    In a sane world, he would have been given a Medal of Honor

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    [–] 57 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I don't know if this sort of thing is allowed, but if outsiders can donate money to his prison commissary account, I will definitely donate.

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    [–] 51 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've actually met this guy a few years ago... crazy... he was a pretty nice guy from what I recall - brought homemade cinnamon buns to a party.

    Anyways, his friends set up a gofundme to donate for his legal fees, since of course it costs thousands to continue defending himself and his actions...

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    [–] 51 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    If society survives long enough for this to become history, the act will be seen as as heroic. The hardest thing for the relatively comfortable, myself included, to do these days is risk that relative comfort and sacrifice our futures (civil and professional) for something that acts against all of the slow motion attacks on democracy going on right now. I don't know enough about him individually to say, but the act on its face us heroic and needed.

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    [–] 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Still more time than trump will ever serve.

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    [–] 47 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    So who's donating to his commissary? I'd be willing to throw a 20 every now and then.

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    [–] 41 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Biden needs to pardon this guy right after elections

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    [–] 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Careful guys, he’s a hero

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