Billie Winner-Davis, Reality Winner's mother, told Business Insider on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, is attempting legal representation to aid the former Air Force language analyst contractor and Kingsville native Reality Winner with her case.
Winner pleaded guilty in 2018 to leaking classified National Security Agency information on Russia's alleged efforts to interfere with the 2016 election. She was found guilty of violating the U.S. Espionage Act and sentenced to five years in prison at the Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas.
In 2016 following her separation from six years of active duty, Winner was hired by Pluribus International Corporation under an NSA contract to work out of Fort Gordon, Georgia.
According to ABC News, Winner printed a classified report detailing how Russian hackers allegedly “executed cyber espionage operations” on local election systems and mailed the documents to The Intercept.
She was arrested on June 3, 2017.
Amazing! Thank you. My daughter Reality Leigh Winner is yet another victim of this admin. Doing hard time for bringing the truth to light. #FreeRealityWinnerhttps://t.co/wU0sg3LeRs
Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to campaign violations and tax fraud in 2018, began serving his sentence in May 2019 at the federal penitentiary in Otisville, New York.
He has been under house arrest since July over coronavirus concerns.
Military.com stated that Reality’s mother sent a Twitter message that said “Cohen has asked another attorney to look at the case and for opportunities to help.”
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More than $92 million in refunds is sitting at IRS
November 16, 2006
About $92.2 million in refund checks is sitting in the IRS coffers marked undeliverable because the agency does not have a current address on file for some 95,746 U.S. taxpayers, the agency announced Thursday. The unclaimed checks average $963 each.
Every year, many taxpayers miss their refunds because they move without notifying the IRS or postal service of a change of address, said Mark Everson, the IRS commissioner.
Taxpayers can go to the IRS Web site and click on where is my refund to find out whether their check is languishing at the IRS. Visit IRS.gov.
The online tool requires taxpayers to enter their Social Security number, filing status and the refund amount as listed on their 2005 return. There's also a telephone version of the tool, at 1-800-829-1954.
Taxpayers whose refund was returned because of an out-of-date address will be prompted to update their address when they use the where is my refund tool. All other taxpayers who wish to change the address they have on file at the IRS must mail in a Form 8822. That form is available on IRS.gov, or you can request the form by calling 1-800-829-3676
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