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Posted on 09/29/2023 5:03:30 PM PDT by conservative98
A former consultant with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been charged with disclosing former President Trump's tax returns to the New York Times while he was in office, federal prosecutors said Friday.
The Justice Department identified the suspect as Charles Littlejohn, 38, a Washington D.C. resident. In a federal complaint, the DOJ said Littlejohn disclosed the tax returns of "thousands of the nation’s wealthiest individuals" to news organizations and tax information associated with a "high-ranking government official" to a different news outlet.
Fox News was told the second news organization that received stolen tax information is Pro Publica, a New York City-based nonprofit investigative journalism group.
The returns dated back more than 15 years, court documents said. He allegedly stole the tax returns between 2018 and 2020, federal prosecutors said. Trump is not named in the complaint.
"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," the DOJ said in a news release.
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), the IRS’s internal watchdog, is investigating the case. The DOJ declined to comment on the case.
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How is a consultant “in office”?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-littlejohn-710bb660
Image deleted from profile but still in Google images.
The Spew Barf Times and the other “news” organizations should be prosecuted, too.
Let the lawsuits begin.
“Hope he enjoys the fleeting fame. He will be broke and owing lawyers for the rest of his life. “
Don’t wait up for that one.
Federal offense with a DC jury and the main victim is Trump... the guy walks, and probably personally profits from the notoriety.
What kind of audit trail do they have that it takes since 2018 to grab this guy ?
Not to mention that he was able to do this for two years, when the first browse of anyone prominent should have been flagged right to him.
In addition to his sentence, He should be barred from ever contracting or working for the federal govt again.
Don’t wait up for that one.
You think thousands of rich people are not going to sue him?
Yet they raid the person who had Ashley Biden’s diary. Think they raided Littlejohn?
DC jury. Good luck.
Cannot TRUST anyone under 40
What’s the pay for being a fall-guy for the demo-fascists?
Some of us still remember how some Federal employee was fired for just looking up 0bammy’s passport records/activity.
And this was before 0bammy was elected; maybe even before he was the nominee?
gayDar alert !! Keep your distance.
I’m not sure if it wasn’t incompetence on this one.
Anyone who browses Trump’s account (or anybody who should have been on a prominent people list) should have instantly been flagged.
Even if the IRS covered that up and quietly fired the guy, they wouldn’t let him stay and have browse access to thousands more prominent and influential.
This one actually looks like incompetence.
I did not realize the IRS was so popular.
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