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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April 19, 2020
Yippeeee! After the years of raising kids and working, I am finally retired. It’s now time to do all those things I always wanted to do, but never had time to do. So hurray... it’s time for fun and games! Oops, WHAT.? I can’t leave my house. I’m grounded! Not by my kids, but through the courtesy of Mr. COVID-19. Yes, if a virus could have a gender, this one would be male. Only a guy could wreak this much havoc on a woman’s plans!
Goodbye long-awaited cruise! Oh well, ships are now just floating Petri dishes, with you and me being the main course. Oh! No BINGO? (now my age is really showing!). Heck, I can’t even ‘shop til I drop’...not that it would take all that long for me to drop. No problem, I will use creative imagination to turn my bedroom into a personalized playground. A family-friendly playground, so, if necessary, reel in the imagination just a bit. My iPad has become my link to the world beyond my front door. Inside that 10 inch screen I can connect to worlds filled with candy and chocolate ponds, others filled with challenging word puzzles. But my preferred playground is a simple card table with 4 players. I am a spades addict, with no intention of ever recovering. Virtual worlds will help prevent my brain from prematurely turning to mush. However, I suspect I just want an excuse to stay in my spades den as long as possible. In my spades universe. Real, live human beings are lurking behind their individual avatars. The place is filled with cats, dogs, snowmen, robots, and jokers, etc. We all keep our social distance within the confines of our respective devices. But don’t feel too safe! If I get angry you might feel the chill of a virtual snowball, or the burn of a fireball as it explodes across your screen. Need a shower, try …the virtual bubbles. Feeling a bit amorous, try some roses or a gentle kiss. Feeling generous, shower your play partners with coins. The list goes on...and on...and on. Whether you’re sending sizzling hot kisses or body-jolting lightning strikes, your play partners will know exactly how you feel! So I’m just thinking that senior citizens are likely to be grounded/quarantined for a longer period of time than other segments of the population. Perhaps we should practice the social component of social distancing. If you are under ‘stay at home’ or shelter-in-place orders....together, us old farts can outsmart Mr. COVID.
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