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 PISSED OFF RETIREE..CALL 9-1-1
April 21, 2020
Waiting for your stimulus check? Did you know that a large section of retirees-will not be getting any stimulus money, According to the IRS If you are retired and can be claimed on someone else’s tax return, you are out of luck. Not only that, but the person who claimed you also gets nothing extra either. They still get their portion (1200.00), but nothing for the senior they claim on their taxes.
In order to be claimed by someone as a dependent you must provide 51% of their support, and must have lived in the same household for the year. (there are a few exceptions). Think about this for a second...in order for the retiree to qualify for dependent status, their taxable income must be pretty damn low (below 4,050). These are some of the most vulnerable of our senior citizens. This is a travesty, not to mention, that it discriminates against the poor. Could a lack of financial resources be contributing to the high mortality rates from COVID-19 in senior citizens?
For me this issue is more than just the government robbing an already vulnerable population. Hell, it’s more than just the 1200.00 bucks I thought I was getting (although that would come in handy). On top of stealing from the retiree/senior in this position, they give nothing extra to the person providing support for that senior! But stupidity is nothing new for our government, and neither is lack of compassion. On this, both Democrats and Republicans equally share the blame.
The rub for me is that my son is a first responder, and claims me on his taxes. These workers are traditionally lower paid than other medical/health professionals that take similar risks. Although he constantly risks exposure to this deadly virus, he receives no hazardous duty pay. So the government keeps what should be my 1200 bucks, they also screw him out of any portion of the stimulus money that was intended to help with increased expenses for their dependent senior. Additionally, in the stimulus package they failed to mandate hazardous pay for those in close and constant contact with COVID-19 patients, therefore at the most risk for contracting the virus. It looks like a win-win-win for Uncle Sam.
So I’m just thinking that for those of you lucky enough to have jobs, get paid while furloughed, or get hazard pay because your job is deemed essential. Maybe you can donate some of your stimulus money to the first responders that our government has left behind. Find a first responder and Paypal them some hazard pay. These emergency medical technicians and paramedics are the first called to help, the lowest paid, and the first to risk their lives for the most severely ill COVID patients. Since the government places so little value on these services, maybe it’s up to us, as citizens, to help those who provide essential life-saving services.
Who knows, the next life they save could be yours....or your mothers!
INTERESTING ARTICLE. I AGREE THAT OUR LOWER PAID HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS SHOULD RECEIVE HAZARDOUS PAY, AFTER ALL THEY ARE SELFLESSLY PUTING THEIR HEALTH ON THE LINE TO PROTECT OURS. I PRAY THEY WILL RECTIFY THIS IN UPCOMING LEGISLATION. I, FOR ONE, AM THANKFUL FOR ALL THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TODAY WHO ARE HONORABLY DOING THEIR PART IN THIS "WAR" IN EVERY WAY THEY CAN, SOME WORKING DOUBLE, TRIPLE SHIFTS TO KEEP US SAFE. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR HEROES. YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED IN OUR PRAYERS.
"(Biden’s) own chief of staff, Ron Klain, would say last year that it was pure luck, that they did ‘everything possible wrong’ (with H1N1). And we learned from that."
"There are estimates that by the end of the term of this administration, they will have lost more jobs than almost any other presidential administration."
That Rose Garden event — there's been a great deal of speculation about it — my wife Karen and I were there and honored to be there. Many of the people who were at that event, Susan, were actually tested for coronavirus, and it was an outdoor event, which all of our scientists r...
INTERESTING ARTICLE. I AGREE THAT OUR LOWER PAID HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS SHOULD RECEIVE HAZARDOUS PAY, AFTER ALL THEY ARE SELFLESSLY PUTING THEIR HEALTH ON THE LINE TO PROTECT OURS. I PRAY THEY WILL RECTIFY THIS IN UPCOMING LEGISLATION.
I, FOR ONE, AM THANKFUL FOR ALL THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TODAY WHO ARE HONORABLY DOING THEIR PART IN THIS "WAR" IN EVERY WAY THEY CAN, SOME WORKING DOUBLE, TRIPLE SHIFTS TO KEEP US SAFE. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR HEROES. YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED IN OUR PRAYERS.