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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Bartz tells Yahoo Employees to STOP talking to the press
January 26, 2009
In an Email to Yahoos, Bartz took aim at “inside sources” who had opened their mouth to outside press, telling the loud mouthed staffers to “STOP IT.”
The Exact Email reads :
From: Carol Bartz Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 3:12 PM To: all-worldwide@yahoo-inc.com Subject: My First Friday
It's Friday!
Wow, this week has gone fast. I thought I'd give you a quick idea of how things went for me this week. First, a BIG thank you for all the positive comments you've sent my way. It has really made me feel welcome. And a special big thanks to all the guys (that'd be Willie, Anthony, Jack, Allen, Daryl, Nathan, Ali, etc.) that worked so quickly to get Judy and I up and running. I know I told you at the all-hands that I was going to be bringing my lunch. That was before I saw the cafeteria-it rocks! Forget that leftover stuff!
My first impression of the Yahoos is that you guys are smart and dedicated, and have a lot of great energy with a can-do attitude (ok, maybe there's some sucking up because I'm the boss, but it impressed the heck out of me).
I wasn't too happy to see some 'inside sources' quoting my all-hands comments to the outside press-STOP IT! And while we're on the subject of all-hands, I cancelled the regularly scheduled after-earnings meeting simply because it's just too close to the one we just had. Don't take it as something it's not.
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