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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81st Annual Academy Awards - Nominees List
January 22, 2009
Take a look at the full list of nominations for the 81st Academy Awards here:
Best Actor: Richard Jenkins - The Visitor Sean Penn - Milk Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon Brad Pitt - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Best Actress: Kate Winslet - The Reader Angelina Jolie - Changeling Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married Meryl Streep - Doubt Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Best Film: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader Slumdog Millionaire
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams - Doubt Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona Viola Davis - Doubt Taraji P Henson - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin - Milk Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
Best Director: Gus Van Sant - Milk Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire Stephen Daldry - The Reader David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Best Original Screenplay: Courtney Hunt - Frozen River Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky Martin McDonagh - In Bruges Dustin Lance Black - Milk Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter - Wall-E
Best Adapted Screeplay: Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button John Patrick Shanley - Doubt Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon David Hare - The Reader Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Feature: Kung Fu Panda Bolt Wall-E
Best Foreign Language Film: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex The Class Departures Revanche Waltz With Bashir
Achievement In Music (Original Score): The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat Defiance - James Newton Howard Milk - Danny Elfman Slumdog Millionaire - AR Rahman Wall-E - Thomas Newman
Achievement In Music (Original Song): Wall-E - Down To Earth by Peter Garbriel and Thomas Newman Slumdog Millionaire - Jai Ho by A.R. Rahman and Gulzar Slumdog Millionaire - O Saya by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragsam
Achievement In Cinematography: Changeling - Tom Stern The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister The Reader - Chris Menges, Roger Deakins Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle
Achievement In Costume Design: Australia - Catherine Martin The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Jacqueline West The Duchess - Michael O'Connor Milk - Danny Glicker Revolutionary Road - Albert Wolsky
Achievement In Make-Up: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Greg Cannom The Dark Knight - John Caglione Jr, Conor O'Sullivan Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz
Best Live Action Short Film: Auf Der Strecke Manon On The Asphalt New Boy The Pig Spielzeugland
Best Animated Short Film: La Maison De Petits Cubes - Kunio Kato Lavatory Lovestory Oktapodi Presto - Doug Sweetland This Way Up
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