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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Ashley Harkleroad poses nude for Playboy (Video)
May 27, 2008
Tennis player Ashley Harkleroad is hoping to be a smash hit after posing naked for Playboy magazine.
The American will appear nude in the August edition of the glamour magazine after being photographed this year while recovering from an operation.
The 23-year-old Ashley Harkleroad said: "I was just laying there for three weeks, and, you know, an offer came to me.
"I thought, well, I'm not really doing anything right now so I thought about it and it was something that I did.
"I'm proud of my body. I was representing a female athlete's body."
She said she would be the first tennis player to appear in the mag, and it had been a refreshing change to the treadmill of the women's tour.
"It was hard work, but, you know, it was just a completely different experience," she added.
"It was fun. I stay in shape and try to stay fit, so like I said, I'm just trying to represent a female athlete and her body.
"That can be sexy too, you know."
Serena Williams, who beat Harkleroad in the first round of the French Open on Sunday, was full of admiration for her opponent's naked ambition.
"I'm just surprised that she beat me to it," she said. "I'm happy for her if that's what she wanted to do. It takes a lot of courage.
"And whether I'm courageous enough, I don't know, but that's great for someone to be so courageous and tough."
Other athletes that have appeared in the magazine include Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard and former volleyball player Gabrielle Reese.
She may be the winner of seven Olympic medals, but US swimmer Amanda Beard has made a splash of a different kind in New York. She's posed naked for adult magazine Playboy. But she says fame won't interfere with her training for Beijing in 2008.
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