A panel of appeals court judges appeared to doubt that procedural errors tainted the sentencing of tax information leaker Charles Littlejohn to the statutory-maximum five years in prison.
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit were skeptical Tuesday of the former Booz Allen Hamilton employee’s allegations that US District Judge Ana Reyes demonstrated bias and premeditation in handing down a harsh sentence after he pleaded guilty to one count of stealing tax information.
“It’s really hard to agree with you that this is a judge who pre-determined the sentence,” Judge Justin R. Walker told Celia Goetzl of the ...