Ex-IRS contractor sentenced to 5 years for releasing tax returns of Donald Trump, thousands of others

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Charles Littlejohn, 38, pleaded guilty in October to unauthorized disclosure of tax return information.
50% : "First, Littlejohn stole thousands of individuals' tax returns and tax information for the purpose of publicizing that information in service of his own political agenda," Corey Amundson, head of the Justice Department's public integrity section, said in a court filing.
33% : A former Internal Revenue Service contractor, Charles Littlejohn, was sentenced Monday to five years in prison - the maximum possible - for releasing tax returns of Donald Trump and thousands of other affluent people.
33% : "I acted out of a sincere misguided belief," Littlejohn said Monday.Littlejohn was disturbed that Trump refused to release his tax returns even after being elected president, despite a 50-year tradition of disclosure, according to Manning's filing.

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