The federal indictment says that her son used credits that were improperly obtained to graduate from Georgetown in May 2018. James Littlefair’s LinkedIn profile shows he attended Georgetown from 2012 to 2016.

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts is recommending Karen Littlefair serve four months in prison, pay a fine of $9,500 and serve 12 months of supervised release.

James Littlefair worked as part of the national advance team on the Trump campaign before working as an event coordinator for the Presidential Inaugural Committee. He joined Treasury as an advance staffer in March 2017.

Littlefair, who has not been charged with a crime, declined to comment when reached by POLITICO. When asked for comment, a Treasury spokesman said: “James Littlefair no longer works at the Treasury Department.” Karen Littlefair and a lawyer representing her did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Littlefair’s father, Andrew Littlefair, who was also not charged, is president and CEO of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and was the late billionaire T. Boone Pickens’ longtime “right hand man,” according to a former campaign official who is friends with Littlefair. He co-founded the natural gas company with Pickens.

Andrew Littlefair, who worked for President Ronald Reagan as a staff assistant in the advance office, is on the board of trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute and brought Reagan’s bible to the inauguration so Donald Trump could be sworn in on it. A spokeswoman for Littlefair declined to comment.

The younger Littlefair is a “very proud Georgetown graduate, very involved in Georgetown activities, whether it’s basketball games or other alumni stuff,” a friend said.

A spokesperson for Georgetown said the university’s honor council “will investigate and adjudicate the case and may recommend sanctions up to and including the revocation of the student’s degree.” The university also said the university is implementing tougher procedures to protect against students from cheating in online classes. An ASU spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“People make mistakes. I know he is a nice guy, and it just breaks my heart for him that according to the charges, he and his mother did something that should not have been done,” said another friend of Littlefair. “I hope people will remember that he is a really good and very kind person and he is more than just making a really really poor decision.” A former Treasury official also said he was “a very well liked and respected member of the team at Treasury.”

Before joining the administration, in the summer of 2014, Littlefair was an intern in the office of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.