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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Body found in search for missing Vermont 12-year-old
July 02, 2008
Vermont State Police say they have found a body that is believed to be that of missing 12-year-old Brooke Bennett.
Bennett has been the subject of an Amber Alert since her disappearance from a convenience store in the town of Randolph on June 25. Since that time, authorities had charged both Bennett's uncle and stepfather on unrelated child sex charges.
Col. James Baker of the Vermont State Police say the body was located about 4:45pm off Crocker Road in the town of Randolph, where Bennett's uncle, Michael Jacques lives. Earlier in the day, it had been reported that Jacques allegedly was planning to force her into a child sex ring the day she disappeared.
Baker says the investigation is "making progress", and will continue with efforts to identify Bennett's killer.
A press conference will be held tomorrow morning at the U.S. Attorney's office in Burlington to discuss more details of the case.
Text of Col. Baker's statement is below:
It is with a heavy heart and deep sadness that I announce that we have located what we believe to be the remains of Brooke Bennett on Crocker Road in Randolph, Vermont.
The identification of Brooke today is a preliminary one. Brooke will be transported to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington where an autopsy will be scheduled to positively identify her and to determine the cause of death. The death is clearly suspicious. It appears to be foul play.
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It is days like today, that I wish I was not in the News.
It broke my heart to read this story.
I kinda thought something like this might have happened after reading all the reports.
The 1st - 48 hours are the most critical in a case like this.
I feel like I have a hole in my heart.
OS9USER - We will continue to follow this story.