Former IRS worker pleads guilty to leaking Trump's tax returns
A former US tax worker has pleaded guilty to the unauthorised leak of ex-president Donald Trump's personal tax records to news organisations.
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Someone give this man a pardon.
Well I think there isn't a chance of that happening until after Biden gets reelected.
No way Biden does this either way.
You're probably right. But they're isn't a chance before the election.
Going to prison for leaking the tax records that Trump said he absolutely would release if he ran for president?
As if ANY of that nonsense matters in the least bit to the law.
Why the hell would it? There is no legal requirement for a presidential candidate to provide tax returns. And there is a huge difference between voluntarily disclosing your own tax returns and an IRS agent exposing somebody else's returns.
Moral obligation. Ethical obligation... NO, WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LAW HERE. TAKE THE COUNTRY AND PUT IT IN THE BAG!
"A lawyer for Mr Trump asked the judge to impose the strictest penalty for the criminal "atrocity"."
So Trumps lawyers will for sure ask the same for his leaks of confidential material at Mar a Lago /s
Guilty for doing what Trump was already supposed to be doing on his own anyways.
Every state should pass some form of a tax/income disclosure law in order to run for at least certain offices, on my opinion
All elected offices should have glass doors. No privacy or meetings hidden from the public they allegedly represent.
... Because it is illegal.
I'm sure this has been commented a lot but my first time seeing it, wow the leaker's name is actually Littlejohn as in Robin Hood's right hand man.
His middle name is also Edward.
I never put those together. Good eye!
Here's hoping they have a few actual patriots on their jury.
Well he pled guilty so a jury wouldn't get involved, I don't think. The judge just has to issue the sentence now.
I wonder why he plead out. I feel like there would be a really high chance that at least one juror would refuse to convict.
That would be a mistrial, not an acquittal.
Yes. And you don’t get punished if you have a mistrial. But you do end up spending a fortune on lawyers and the prosecutor can choose to try you again