‘When we have people, for whatever reason, take the law into their own hands society doesn’t function…. If anyone tells you the ends justify the means, they’re wrong….’
(Headline USA) A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service charged with leaking tax information to news outlets about former President Donald Trump and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people pleaded guilty to a federal charge Thursday in an agreement with prosecutors.
The Justice Department charged Charles Edward Littlejohn, 38, of Hyattsville, Md., with stealing tax-return information and giving it to two news outlets between 2018 and 2020.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said she was deeply troubled by his actions that affected Trump and thousands of other people.
“When we have people, for whatever reason, take the law into their own hands society doesn’t function,” she said. “Make no mistake, this was not acceptable. If anyone tells you the ends justify the means, they’re wrong.”