• squiblet@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It seems to me that he had the information in his hands that clearly demonstrated something. It’s not a conspiracy theory if he has these people’s tax returns and can read them.

    As far as widespread financial wrongdoing by wealthy people… remember the Panama Papers?

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      1 year ago

      What evidence did he have before stealing the returns, which would justify stealing the returns, even though that action is a crime?

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        1 year ago

        My impression was that he accessed the returns through his position as a co tractor for the IRS, which couldn’t really be described as stealing. So what evidence did he have before reading the returns? I don’t know. It could be described as improper access. Sharing them with 3rd parties isn’t really something I’d call stealing either (since the concept of stealing is depriving another of their property). But sure, he wasn’t supposed to do that. One could view it as being a whistleblower.