Prosecutors ask judge to give IRS contractor five years in prison for leaking Trump tax records: report

Three months after an IRS contractor admitted to stealing former President Donald Trump's tax records — along with "thousands of other wealthy people" — before leaking them to press, federal prosecutors are seeking a 5-year prison sentence for his punishment, NBC reports.

Per the report, Charles Littlejohn of Washington, DC "is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 29 before District Judge Ana C. Reyes of Washington."

Prosecutor Jonathan Jacobson, according to NBC, said, "The scope and scale of Defendant's unlawful disclosures appear to be unparalleled in the IRS's history. There simply is no precedent for a case involving the disclosure of tax return and return information associated with 'over a thousand' individuals and entities."

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NBC notes Littlejohn "plead guiltyin October to one count of disclosing tax return information without authorization," which resulted in "government attorneys" estimating "'eight to 14 months imprisonment based on federal sentencing guidelines."

The statutory maximum, according to the report, is five years in prison.

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NBC News' full report is available here.