DOJ Preparing Another "Sweetheart Deal" for an Approved Criminal; Merrick Garland Is Gearing Up to Let The Guy Who Leaked Trump's Taxes Off Lightly

Merrick's Secret Police have a nice list and a naughty list.

Illegally leaking Biden's opponent's confidential tax records gets you on the "nice" list.

Oh, and he also leaked the records of 7,500 other Americans.

And he's getting a sweetheart deal.

But this is still America, right?

James Varney:

Former IRS contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn, who stole and helped publicize the confidential tax records of Donald Trump and an estimated 7,500 other wealthy Americans, could face little or no jail time when he's sentenced later this month, because the DOJ allowed him to plead guilty to a single felony count.

In a new court filing, 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."

But instead of seeking prison time for each of his offenses -- or even for the two separate mass thefts he committed, one in 2019 and another in 2020 -- the DOJ is asking a federal judge to sentence Littlejohn to just 60 months, the maximum for a single offense under the statute. Some political leaders angry over the plea deal say he should get 60 years, not months, for his crime -- the biggest heist of IRS taxpayer data in history.

Attorneys for Littlejohn, 38, argue he actually deserves an even lower sentence, closer to the presentencing report's range of four to 10 months, in part because he leaked the reams of stolen private income-tax data to "reputable news organizations -- the New York Times and ProPublica -- that he knew would handle the information responsibly."
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The Times and ProPublica published dozens of stories based on the personal tax files the former Booz Allen Hamilton contractor electronically smuggled out of the IRS. Those articles largely advanced Democratic calls for further investigations into Trump and the need to raise taxes on the wealthy.

Against the backdrop of prosecutions of Donald Trump in an election year and the collapse of Hunter Biden's earlier no-jail plea deal, which a Delaware judge rejected because it was "not straightforward" and contained "atypical provisions," Littlejohn's plea agreement is raising new questions about the politicization of justice.

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Biden admin has just dropped December #s for the southern border -- new all-time high: 302,034.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:12 PM

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