This previous fall, a contractor for the IRS named Charles Littlejohn admitted to taking a job with the IRS with the objective of stealing Trump’s tax returns, which he did.
The Gateway Pundit did an extensive report about Littlejohn and his crimes.
Now we’re studying that Littlejohn is prone to see little or no jail time or none in any respect, as a result of the DOJ allowed him to plead responsible to only one felony depend. That is as Trump officers are going to jail over almost nothing.
Former IRS contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn, who stole and helped publicize the confidential tax information of Donald Trump and an estimated 7,500 different rich Individuals, may face little or no jail time when he is sentenced later this month, as a result of the DOJ allowed him to…
— Peter Schweizer (@peterschweizer) January 25, 2024
From Real Clear Investigations:
Leniency on Faucet for Anti-Trump Leaker of 1000’s of Tax Returns
One other obvious “sweetheart deal” negotiated by President Biden’s Justice Division in a politically charged case is drawing scrutiny.
Former IRS contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn, who stole and helped publicize the confidential tax information of Donald Trump and an estimated 7,500 different rich Individuals, may face little or no jail time when he’s sentenced later this month, as a result of the DOJ allowed him to plead responsible to a single felony depend.
In a brand new courtroom submitting, prosecutors acknowledge the plea deal “does not account for the fact that he leaked thousands of individuals’ tax returns. His [sentencing] range would be the same today if he had leaked only a single return.”
However as an alternative of looking for jail time for every of his offenses – and even for the 2 separate mass thefts he dedicated, one in 2019 and one other in 2020 – the DOJ is asking a federal choose to condemn Littlejohn to only 60 months, the utmost for a single offense underneath the statute. Some political leaders indignant over the plea deal say he ought to get 60 years, not months, for his crime – the most important heist of IRS taxpayer information in historical past.
Attorneys for Littlejohn, 38, argue he really deserves an excellent decrease sentence, nearer to the presentencing report’s vary of 4 to 10 months, partially as a result of he leaked the reams of stolen non-public income-tax information to “reputable news organizations – the New York Times and ProPublica – that he knew would handle the information responsibly.”
We wouldn’t have equal justice underneath the regulation. The left will get away with doing just about no matter they need to do.
