Contractor Who Leaked Trump's Tax Return Gets 5 Years In Prison

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🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Episode 1017

He had a plea agreement with the government which he thought would get him 8-14 months. He ended up with 5 years. What happened? Also, was this Democrats' version of January 6th Casey joins this week to help to answer an OA patron's question about the plea agreement reached in the prosecution of former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn for leaking records of Donald Trump, Rick Scott, Elon Musk, and a tragically high number of other innocent and blameless billionaires who are simply far too important to have to pay their taxes.

We then review the unique role of plea bargaining in U.S. law and exactly how these agreements are reached and play out in court. Did you know that approximately 98% of all federal criminal charges are resolved in a way which is portrayed in approximately 0% of law-related movies and TV show?

1. "The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax," Propublica (6/8/2021)

2. "How These Ultrawealthy Politicians Avoided Paying Taxes," Propublica (11/4/2021)

3. "Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance," NYT (9/27/2020)

4. "Most criminal cases end in plea bargains, new study finds," NPR (2/22/2023)

5. Boykin v. Alabama :: 395 U.S. 238 (1969)

6. Padilla v. Kentucky :: 559 U.S. 356 (2010)

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0:00.0	I'm sorry which of us went to law school We don't have to work with any lawyer we don't want and that means you're fired.
0:22.8	Why is it only the witnesses must swear to tell the whole truth?
0:30.6	Why isn't the same oath administered to the attorneys?
0:34.0	And there he is, he's nothing.
0:37.0	It's the Emperor without clothes.
0:39.0	Welcome to opening Arguments.
0:43.0	The podcast where a comedian takes lawyers to court.
0:46.0	Don't take ethics advice from Alan Dershowitz.
0:50.0	Hello and
0:54.1	opening arguments. This is episode one thousand seventeen. I'm your host Thomas Smith and that
0:58.3	over there is Matt Cameron crimigration attorney. How you doing Matt?
1:01.9	Played the fifth.
1:03.0	I don't know why how you're doing would incriminate you.
1:08.0	I just...
1:09.0	I've invented a new term for your line of work.
1:12.0	Well, that's a pretty incriminating, that's my term for your line of work. Well that's a pretty incriminating that's the thing.
1:15.2	Oh man but yes okay assuming you can not answer that I'll have to just take that as asked and answered.
1:24.4	But we are joined once again. It's been far too long already by Casey.
1:28.7	How you doing Casey?
1:29.7	Hey good. Thank you for having me again.
1:31.5	Thank you for coming on.
1:32.6	I'm excited because we've got a really interesting topic.
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