Fox News Politics Newsletter: Ex-IRS Contractor Pleads Fifth in Trump Tax-Leak Probe

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Convicted Trump Tax Leaker Pleads the Fifth

A man serving in prison for leaking President Donald Trump’s and thousands of others’ confidential tax records recently asserted his Fifth Amendment right to the House Judiciary Committee and declined to testify before the panel, Fox News Digital has learned.

A public defender wrote to the Republican-led committee on behalf of Charles Littlejohn, a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contractor serving out a five-year sentence in Illinois, that because Littlejohn was appealing his sentence, he did not have to testify before Congress.

“The testimony that you seek from Mr. Littlejohn directly implicates his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination,” the public defender wrote on Saturday. “Mr. Littlejohn validly exercises that Constitutional right in declining to testify.”…READ MORE

Former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn was seen Monday after a judge sentenced him to five years in prison for leaking the tax returns of former President Donald Trump and other wealthy people. (Fox News | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

White House

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World Stage

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Capitol Hill

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(Fox Nation)

Across America

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