[The Hill] Attorney General Merrick Garland will undergo back surgery this weekend and delegate his duties to his deputy attorney general while he is in surgery, the Justice Department announced Monday.
Garland, 71, will undergo a "minimally invasive" back procedure on Saturday expected to last about 90 minutes, said Xochitl Hinojosa, director of public affairs at the Justice Department, in a statement shared by The Associated Press. He will be under general anesthesia during the surgery, Hinojosa reportedly added.
Garland is expected to return home the same day, but will delegate his duties to Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco shortly before, during and shortly after the surgery, the statement said, per the news wire. Garland is slated to return to work the week of Feb. 5.
The announcement came on the same day Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin returned to the Pentagon after a weeks-long hospitalization earlier this month.
Sometimes, the ligament at the back of the lumbar spine gets too thick. Needle-like tools inserted through the skin can remove some of the ligament. This can create more space in the spinal canal to reduce pressure on nerve roots. You may be given medicine to help you feel calm during the procedure. Many people can go home the same day.
That seemed to be the most minor procedure...
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#10 Lisa Monaco will be in charge. So no change there.
Bigger Prostate
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[Axios] Thought he was gonna get a sweetheart plea deal
Good job, your honour!
The former Internal Revenue Service contractor who leaked the tax records of former President Trump and other wealthy Americans was sentenced to five years in prison Monday, multiple outlets reported.
Why it matters: The leaks offered an unprecedented glimpse of confidential IRS information and also highlighted how little the ultra-wealthy pay in taxes relative to their income.
They also shed new light on Trump's financial situation, after the then-president had spent years trying to block the release of his tax returns.
Lawyers for Charles Littlejohn said earlier this month that their client had leaked the information because he held a "deep, moral belief" that the public had the right to know how much Trump and other wealthy Americans paid in taxes, Politico reported.
The big picture: Littlejohn pleaded guilty last October to a federal charge of unauthorized disclosure of tax return and return information.
Ahead of Monday's sentencing, prosecutors had sought the maximum sentence of five years in prison, per NBC News.
U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes on Monday sentenced Littlejohn to five years in prison and three years supervised release, CBS News reported. He will also have to pay a $5,000 fine.
"What you did in targeting the sitting president of the United States was an attack on our constitutional democracy. It cannot be open season on our elected officials," Reyes said at the sentencing, per Reuters.
Littlejohn addressed the court Monday ahead of the sentencing, saying he had "acted out of a sincere but misguided belief that I was serving the public," NBC News reported.
State of play: Littlejohn previously admitted to being behind the leak that contributed to the NYT's bombshell report in 2020 on Trump's 2016-2017 records.
Littlejohn's leaks were also linked to a 2021 ProPublica report based on confidential IRS data that showed some billionaires, including Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, didn't pay federal income tax in certain years.
While the median American household annually paid 14% of their earnings in federal taxes in recent years, ProPublica found that the 25 richest Americans paid what amounted to a tax rate of 3.4% between 2014 to 2018.
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So doesn't that mean the FED DOJ has to toss out any TRUMP related TAX charges and investigations, due to illegally obtained and informed of evidence?
Maybe TRUMP should sue the Employee's contracting company.
But wait the MSM seems to have avoided stating the contractor's company name.
Otherwise I am sure OPENSECRETS.com might provide an even deeper story.
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