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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Landlord used IRS portal to track tenant stimulus checks
April 22, 2020
Goodrich, a Forest Grove, Oregon resident, said that he had not informed his landlord or property manager about the cash. But on April 15, the property manager sent him a text message saying they were aware Goodrich had received the payment. “I was initially questioning how my property manager accessed this information, and after discovering the truth, I was overwhelmingly feeling vulnerable and upset that my private information was utilized in this way in an attempt to ask for rent,” said Goodrich. The property manager explained they had used his Social Security number without permission to check the payment status via the “Get My Payment” tool set up by the IRS. "You got your stimulus, just asking are you going to pay rent or part of rent with any. I am trying to close out the books for April," the property manager wrote to Goodrich, according to screenshots of the text messages posted online. “How do you know I got my check?” Goodrich responded.
“Because I had to check several people today and checked yours also,” the property manager wrote back. To access the tracking system, users must enter their Social Security number, date of birth, street address, and zip code — information that landlords typically have since they run credit checks before a tenant can move in. But before users can input their personal information, a warning appears that reads "unauthorized use of this system is prohibited and subject to criminal and civil penalties."
Horrifying text exchange between a landlord and tenant. This landlord’s going to jail (and getting sued): pic.twitter.com/SwHMtFLOn0
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