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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May 24, 2020
WHAT’S THE PLOT OF BATWOMAN SEASON 2? Season 1 left off with Alice making plans to acquire Kryptonite — yes, the very same green rock that can kill Superman and Supergirl — by sending Tommy Elliott in the visage of Bruce Wayne to retrieve it from the billionaire’s company. She planned on using the meteor rock to kill Batwoman, so expect Season 2 to pick back up with that storyline. What’s more, there will be a love triangle involving Luke, Mary, and a third, as yet unknown character. In the same interview, Caroline Dries also described Kate and Sophie as “endgame,” so fans should probably expect more development in the romance department overall. WHO IS THE VILLAIN OF BATWOMAN SEASON 2? Julia Pennyworth is being hunted by Safiyah Sohail, a mysterious character who murdered Alice’s Wonderland Gang. In the comics, Safiyah is the leader of the fictitious Coryana, a pirate island nation. Safiyah’s arrival in Gotham has been hinted at for several episodes in the back half of Season 1 and she’s clearly being set up as the big bad of Season 2. Speaking with EW, Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries shared some intriguing clues about Safiyah's role in the story ahead:
“What I loved about this season was seeing this huge chunk of Alice’s backstory where she went from this innocent girl to this woman who learned how to stand up for herself and face your abuser. But then we see Alice in present-day as this woman who’s in charge of this Wonderland Gang and kills without mercy. So it’s like, how did she become that person? That’s sort of the next chapter of Alice’s story that I’m looking forward to exploring, and we’ve decided to make Safiyah an intimate part of that.” What’s more, there will be a love triangle involving Luke, Mary, and a third, as yet unknown character. In the same interview, Caroline Dries also described Kate and Sophie as “endgame,” so fans should probably expect more development in the romance department overall.
The Ruby Rose-led drama had only two episodes left to film before wrapping the first season prior to all ongoing productions getting shut down due to COVID-19. Christie's surprise casting created a lot of buzz following the season finale, titled "O, Mouse!" as it always looked like Batwoman would never or at least for a long time not be able to introduce Kate's cousin.
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Since his debut earlier in Batwoman season 1, Tommy had a particular obsession with Bruce through their friendship that began during childhood. However, in this incarnation of Hush, Tommy had discovered that Bruce was, in fact, Batman which became his driving force in the third episode “Down Down Down.” When Tommy reemerged in the second half of the season, that’s where his transformation as Hush truly began. While teaming-up with Alice (Rachel Skarsten) and Mouse (Sam Littlefield), Tommy agrees to let his face be cut-off so that he can escape Arkham Asylum as Alice makes another prisoner commit suicide while looking like Tommy.
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There was also, however, a certain level of thematic irony to the scene. As part of the tea party, Alice guided Mouse through something called a "trauma bond exercise" - a therapeutic ritual wherein one destroys that which anchors them to their pain so that they can move on. In their case, it was the Alice in Wonderland book that both Alice and Mouse had built their entire personas around. Though the entire scenario was staged and Mouse lamented with his dying breath that it wasn't real, Alice still burned the book. Through that and the killing of Mouse, Alice actually did destroy the last anchors to her traumatic time in captivity.
As a result, Alice has been left in an interesting position going into Batwoman season 2. Alice's choice lends itself to one of two paths; throughout season 1, Alice has systematically reckoned with her past and seen dead everybody who contributed to her primary torment. Given that, and this final act upon Mouse, it could be that, free of direct connections to that time, Alice may actually start to heal - reclaiming a firmer grip on sanity and starting a journey towards outright redemption. Alternately, killing Mouse could be something that disconnects Alice even further from her lingering humanity and turn her into a less ambiguous villain. It remains unknown what would've happened in the two scrapped episodes, but it's likely it would have come down to a decision of whether to follow through on trying to kill Kate with a Kryptonite bullet or turn on Tommy Eliott (aka Hush) and help protect her - as Alice has done several times across season 1. As it stands, what path Alice will ultimately take - especially in the wake of any post-shutdown changes - will remain up in the air until Batwoman returns in 2021.
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