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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Palm Beach Billionaire Pleads Guilty To Sex Crimes
June 30, 2008
A Palm Beach billionaire is headed to jail. For months it's been rumored, today it happened-- a plea deal resolving the sex charges against big time money manager Jeffrey Epstein.
The lawyer for Maximilia Cordero, a young woman, has amended her complaint to include icky new allegations of sexual misconduct between Cordero and former money manager Jeffrey Epstein—or as Cordero knew him, "Janice."
Maximilia Codero (picture left), a former model, filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court, claiming that the billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein promised to advance her modeling career in exchange for sexual favors when she was 16 years old.
On Monday morning in a Palm Beach County courtroom in downtown West Palm Beach, Jeffrey Epstein,55, pleaded guilty to getting someone under 18 to engage in prostitution, and soliciting a prostitute. Epstein faced up to 15 years in prison on the charges, but under the deal worked out between Epstein's lawyers and prosecutors, he will serve a year and a half in the Palm Beach County Jail.
Police say Epstein had a 17-year old girl come to his home, undress, and give him massages. The girl then brought other teens to Epstein's Palm Beach home for encounters, which investigators say included inappropriate touching. Monday prosecutors said there were both underage and adult victims.
At the conclusion of the hearing, Epstein was taken into custody to begin serving his sentence.
Following his year and a half in jail, Epstein will be on house arrest for a year, which includes a curfew, no contact with minors and no pornography. Epstein must also register as a sex offender.
"There were a lot of considerations made by the state," explained prosecutor Lanna Belohlavek. She say the State Attorney's Office took into account "having victims testify and their feelings regarding that, embarrassment to them which might occur. So it was just a long time resolving it, coming to what we felt was an appropriate resolution."
Epstein's lawyers left court without commenting. Later Epstein spokesman Howard Rubenstein issued a statement saying, "Mr. Epstein accepted responsibility for the charges, relating to conduct that occurred several years ago. By agreement, he will begin serving his sentence immediately."
Normally if someone receives a sentence of more than a year, they go to a state prison. Monday even Judge Deborah Pucillo questioned why Epstein was headed to the county jail instead. The lawyers responded that it was just part of the deal they worked out.
Five Epstein victims have filed lawsuits against the wealthy Palm Beacher, four in federal court, one in state court.
When he eventually is released from jail, Jeffrey Epstein will have to comply with numerous conditions of his house arrest. They include observing a 10 p.m.to 6 a.m. curfew, having no unsupervised contact with anybody under the age of 18 and not owning or possession pornographic or sexual materials "that are relevant to your deviant behavior," the judge said.
He also is not allowed to drive alone without his probation officer's permission, or volunteer anyplace where children may congregate, such as a school or a park.
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