Another Dem that drank way too much of the Kool Aid. (Page 1/9)
blackrams JAN 17, 02:41 PM
DOJ: Ex-IRS employee who leaked Trump's tax returns intentionally got job to disclose records

https://www.aol.com/doj-ex-...eaked-182659558.html


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WASHINGTON – A former Internal Revenue Service contractor, who leaked tax information about Donald Trump and other wealthy individuals to news organizations, got his job to intentionally to spread the confidential records, according to Justice Department prosecutors.

Charles Edward Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, pleaded guilty in October to unauthorized disclosure of tax return and return information. U.S. District Judge Ana Reye scheduled sentencing for Jan. 29. Prosecutors recommended Tuesday he receive the maximum sentence of five years in prison.

“After applying to work as an IRS consultant with the intention of accessing and disclosing tax returns, Defendant weaponized his access to unmasked taxpayer data to further his own personal, political agenda, believing that he was above the law,” wrote prosecutors Corey Amundson, chief of the Justice Department’s public integrity section, Jennifer Clarke and Jonathan Jacobson.

Littlejohn hasn't filed his own arguments about his sentencing yet. But prosecutors described him as a college graduate with a loving family who had started a successful business and worked as a consultant.

"Based on his training, his personal experience, and his work, he understood the gravity of his offense," prosecutors wrote. "He understood the impact that it would have on his victims. But he acted anyway."

Littlejohn, who had worked as an IRS consultant from 2008 to 2013, applied to return in 2017 "with the hope and expectation of accessing and disclosing tax returns and return information," prosecutors said.

Rather than search specifically for Trump's returns, which might have triggered scrutiny, he submitted sophisticated searches that gathered data about the former president and others, according to court records. Littlejohn later destroyed machines he downloaded information onto, according to court records.

"Throughout Defendant’s scheme, he undertook efforts to obstruct and impede the investigation that he anticipated would follow the publication of the tax data he had stolen," prosecutors said.

The news organizations aren’t named in court records, but the description of the tax records and timing in late 2019 and late 2020 coincide with stories about Trump’s tax returns in The New York Times and about wealthy Americans’ taxes in ProPublica, which published more than 50 articles.

In July and August 2020, Littlejohn stole tax information for thousands of Americans, according to court records.

Littlejohn evaded IRS protocols to detect and prevent large downloads from government computers and then saved the tax returns on multiple devices, including an iPod, according to court records. He also obstructed the investigation by deleting and destroying evidence of his disclosures, according to court records.

The New York Times reported in 2020 Trump paid $750 in federal income tax the year he entered the White House and no income tax at all some years thanks to colossal losses. Six years of his returns were later released by the House Ways and Means Committee, when it was controlled by Democrats.

ProPublica reported in 2021 on a trove of tax-return data about the wealthiest Americans. It found the 25 richest people legally pay a smaller share of their income in taxes than many ordinary workers do.

"And the human impact of Defendant's crimes is enormous," prosecutors wrote. "Many victims have come forward, expressing anger and embarrassment about the exposure of their personal financial information. Worse, it appears that the harm may continue indefinitely" because stories continue to be published.



Destroy thy enemy at any cost, regardless of what it takes.......

Rams
ray b JAN 17, 03:02 PM
GOOD

I think all taxes should be public records

open to be checked by anyone

the trump sure did cheat to dodge taxes
both income and estate taxes were huge cheats
income taxes are secret to aid cheats like the rump
why else ?

my house tax is a public record as is the sale price it is based on

why should any public figure keep secrets ?
aids crooks sure

nobody made them run for office want to be secret DO NOT RUN
BingB JAN 17, 03:17 PM
Good job by the Justice Department.

Looks like they are trying to really stick it to this guy, and they should. Hope he does some jail time over this.
BingB JAN 17, 03:19 PM

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Originally posted by ray b:

GOOD

I think all taxes should be public records

open to be checked by anyone

the trump sure did cheat to dodge taxes
both income and estate taxes were huge cheats
income taxes are secret to aid cheats like the rump
why else ?

my house tax is a public record as is the sale price it is based on

why should any public figure keep secrets ?
aids crooks sure

nobody made them run for office want to be secret DO NOT RUN


I 100% agree that if you want to run for elected office you should release your tax returns, but that is not the law. And we can't let individuals decide what is right or wrong.
ray b JAN 17, 03:31 PM

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Originally posted by BingB:

I 100% agree that if you want to run for elected office you should release your tax returns, but that is not the law. And we can't let individuals decide what is right or wrong.



what part of free do you fail to understand ?

we would be better if more people did exactly that

the law often is an ass

and jury nullification can fix laws if the pigs would teach it
blackrams JAN 17, 03:36 PM

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Originally posted by BingB:

Good job by the Justice Department.

Looks like they are trying to really stick it to this guy, and they should. Hope he does some jail time over this.



Whole heartedly agree. Though, I do wonder if the dude had only published DJT's records, would the DOJ have prosecuted him...............

The DOJ, the FBI, the IRS and a several other alphabet agencies have become weapons for this administration to go after their political enemies.

Rams
rinselberg JAN 17, 03:45 PM
"Another Dem that drank way too much of the Kool Aid."

This report does not link the perpetrator with the Democratic Party, or with any particular Democrat.

The perp leaked tax-related information about Donald Trump and other individuals.

The judge who will be sentencing the perp is U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes. (The article misspells her surname.)


How else could this thread have been set up, based on this news report?
  • "Merrick Garland's Justice Department nails IRS contractor who leaked confidential taxpayer information"
  • "Federal judge about to sentence ex-IRS contractor is a Biden appointee"

That's just two of perhaps innumerable other ways that this thread could have been set up.

Based solely on this single news report, it's somewhat glib to set this up as "Another Dem that drank way too much of the Kool Aid." Understandable, given that the report singles out only the MAGA cult leader among the taxpayers whose information was leaked, but still somewhat glib... certainly not "un-glib."

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blackrams JAN 17, 04:03 PM

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Originally posted by rinselberg:

"Another Dem that drank way too much of the Kool Aid."

Based solely on this single news report, it's somewhat glib to set this up as "Another Dem that drank way too much of the Kool Aid." Understandable, given that the report singles out only the MAGA cult leader among the taxpayers whose information was leaked, but still somewhat glib... certainly not "un-glib."




Opinion noted. At least you admit you understand why..........................

Rams
BingB JAN 17, 04:48 PM

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Originally posted by ray b:


what part of free do you fail to understand ?




I understand it all.

You are the one who fails to understand that you are not "free" to violate another persons rights.

Individuals can not make their own laws because the end up violating the rights of others just because they think it is okay. Got any examples from history where complete anarchy has worked out well?
BingB JAN 17, 04:58 PM

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Originally posted by blackrams:

The DOJ, the FBI, the IRS and a several other alphabet agencies have become weapons for this administration to go after their political enemies.

Rams




One of the main reason Trump won in 2016 was that FBI director Jim Comey re-opened an investigation into Hillary just 2 weeks before the election, and it turned out to be nothing. As for the IRS I was not aware the Hunter Biden was one of Joe's "political enemies".


All of these agencies (DOJ, FBI, IRS, CIA, etc) have political agendas and this is nothing new with the Biden administration. But they still have to win in court with unbiased juries, a majority of Federal Judges being Republicans, and the Supreme Court being 6-3 Republican.

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