IRS Contractor Charged with Leaking Tax Returns
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Clemency Request 'Pending' for Leaker of Trump's and Others' Taxes
The Biden administration is formally considering commuting the sentence of the convicted felon who stole and leaked incoming President Trump's tax records along with those of thousands of other taxpayers, in the biggest tax data heist in U.S. history.
A search of the Justice Department's pardon database reveals Charles Edward Littlejohn -- who just began his five-year sentence in May -- has been assigned a clemency case number. It says a petition for "commutation of sentence" was recently sought and is "pending."
A number of liberal watchdog groups, including Revolving Door Project and Patriotic Millionaires, have been lobbying President Biden to free Littlejohn from prison because they believe his leaks provided a "public service." They argue he is a "selfless defender of tax fairness" for exposing how Trump and other wealthy Americans, including billionaires Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Bloomberg, and Jeff Bezos, take advantage of tax breaks to reduce their tax bills. Littlejohn leaked the sensitive IRS data to the New York Times and the liberal news site ProPublica, which published them in a series of articles before and after the 2020 election.
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No. And in fact, they should proceed with the other 999 counts, now.
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@jon-nyc said in IRS Contractor Charged with Leaking Tax Returns:
I’ll bet that story is false. Any federal prisoner can file a petition for clemency.
https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/free-charles-littlejohn/
