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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Biggest Storm in Two Decades heads for India and Bangladesh
May 19, 2020
A rapidly intensifying Category 5 super cyclone is moving across the Bay of Bengal and heading for the India-Bangladesh border. The storm could cause extensive damage in an area already suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. With sustained wind speeds of 160 miles per hour, Cyclone Amphan is the strongest storm in the northern hemisphere so far this year. It’s expected to bring heavy rainfall to the eastern part of Bengal by Monday night and travel to the Indian state of West Bengal the next day. On Wednesday, it is expected to make landfall near Kolkata.
Amphan is a super cyclone, the most severe category of a storm on the Indian Meteorological Department’s scale. This marks the first time on record that super cyclones have been recorded in the Indian Ocean basin in two consecutive years, following 2019's Cyclone Kyarr that formed on the opposite side of the basin. If it continues as forecast, Amphan will be the first super cyclonic storm to hit the Bengal region in more than 20 years. The last one the area saw in 1999 killed more than 9,000 people and was likely the worst cyclone disaster in the last century.
Forecasters warned of extensive damage from high winds, heavy rainfall, tidal waves and some flooding in crowded cities, already suffering during the coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/dflb0NNrKe
Videos and photos from India and Bangladesh showed families near the coast or in other flood-prone areas being evacuated to cyclone shelters. Some carried bags with their belongings, and all had their faces covered. Officials went from village to village with loudspeakers warning people of the storm.
“Evacuations are necessary,” warned Mohapatra, pointing out that tidal waves could move 25 kilometers (15 miles) inland along the many rivers that crisscross the Bengal delta.
News Update 5/20/20 - Millions in India and Bangladesh are in the path of Cyclone Amphan, which is due to make landfall, bringing damaging winds and heavy rain to a region already struggling with the coronavirus pandemic.
2nd News Update : A powerful and deadly cyclone ripped through the coast of India and Bangladesh. The storm was equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane, packing winds of more than 100 mph.
The eastern Indian city of Kolkata has been devastated by a powerful cyclone that has killed at least 84 people across India and Bangladesh.
Amphan made landfall on Wednesday, lashing coastal areas with ferocious wind and rain. The storm is weakening as it moves north into Bhutan.
Thousands of trees were uprooted in the gales, electricity and telephone lines brought down and houses flattened.
Many of Kolkata's roads are flooded and its 14 million people without power.
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