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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A massive explosion rocked the Androscoggin Mil in Maine
April 15, 2020
A massive explosion rocked the Androscoggin Mill Wednesday afternoon, sending a dark plume of smoke and debris hundreds of feet into the air. Trucks parked near the mill were crushed as debris rained down upon them, but in the aftermath of the noontime blast, mill officials announced that all employees and contractors had been accounted for and no one was injured. “We ask for everyone’s continued prayers through this and will update information once it is available,” Jay Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said shortly after the explosion. “We are also asking that you stay away from the area and allow the crews to work.” Area police departments helped block traffic around the mill on Riley Road, and firefighters sprayed vehicles to decontaminate them.
Witness accounts that described a violent explosion; Rebecca Burhoe said she was driving on Route 140 and saw the explosion. “I heard a muffled bang and could see the mill across the river, and I looked over” and saw an explosion in the main portion of the mill, she said. “It’s just in the middle of the mill.”
The cloud of smoke was so dense she couldn’t see the stacks. “I couldn’t see anything.”
Debris was flying across the river from the mill, she said, landing on Route 140. Other witnesses reported debris landing in the Hannaford parking lot.
“I can’t even tell you the number of first responders, fire departments, it’s crazy.” A contractor told WMTW News 8's Phil Hirschkorn that one of the mill's two digesters blew up. A digester is a machine that takes wood chips and mixes it with chemicals to make pulp. Gov. Janet Mills issued a statement saying that she is closely monitoring information regarding the explosion.
“ I ask the people of Maine to join me in praying for the safety and wellbeing of all those in and around this historic mill. In this already difficult moment, let us summon the strength and resilience which has defined us as Maine people throughout our history and which has sustained us and carried us through our most challenging times,” Mill said.
As of March 2019, the paper mill employed about 500 people, according to the mill's former owner. A truck driver captured this video (below), on his phone.
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