Ex-IRS contractor sentenced to five years for leaking tax documents belonging to Trump, others

Jan 30, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -6% Center

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    34% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    86% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

-17% Negative

  •   Conservative
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"Charles Littlejohn pleaded guilty in October to one count of taking tax return information without authorization, for leaking the documents to media outlets in 2019 and 2020."
Positive
14% Conservative
"Donald Trump, Elon Musk ... all attacked for political purposes, Scott said.Republic members of the House Ways and Means Committee had asked Judge Reyes, in a letter last week, to sentence Littlejohn to the statutory maximum of five years in prison."
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-52% Liberal
"In the case of Mr. Trump's tax returns, he was under no legal obligation to disclose them, Reyes told Littlejohn Monday."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"A former IRS contractor who pleaded guilty to leaking tax documents belonging to former President Donald Trump and other wealthy Americans was sentenced Monday to five years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of $5,000."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who read a victim impact statement at the hearing, asked the judge to sentence Littlejohn to the maximum amount, saying Littlejohn abused his position of trust to harm Americans, including Scott and his family."
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-38% Liberal
"Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who read a victim impact statement at the hearing, asked the judge to sentence Littlejohn to the maximum amount, saying Littlejohn abused his position of trust to harm Americans, including Scott and his family."
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-38% Liberal
"Donald Trump, Elon Musk ... all attacked for political purposes, Scott said.Republic members of the House Ways and Means Committee had asked Judge Reyes, in a letter last week, to sentence Littlejohn to the statutory maximum of five years in prison."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"Donald Trump, Elon Musk ... all attacked for political purposes, Scott said.Republic members of the House Ways and Means Committee had asked Judge Reyes, in a letter last week, to sentence Littlejohn to the statutory maximum of five years in prison."
Negative
-36% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Charles Littlejohn pleaded guilty in October to one count of taking tax return information without authorization, for leaking the documents to media outlets in 2019 and 2020.
24% : "Donald Trump, Elon Musk ... all attacked for political purposes," Scott said.Republic members of the House Ways and Means Committee had asked Judge Reyes, in a letter last week, to sentence Littlejohn to the statutory maximum of five years in prison.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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