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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Katy Perry is suffering from ''waves of depression''
May 13, 2020
Katy Perry has been suffering ''waves of depression''.
The 35-year-old singer - who is expecting her first child with fiance Orlando Bloom - admitted she has been struggling with her mental health amid the coronavirus pandemic.
She tweeted: ''sometimes I don't know what's worse trying to avoid the virus or the waves of depression that come with this new norm (sic)''
Rosie O'Donnell quickly replied and suggested she had experienced similar feelings.
She wrote: ''I totally feel ya.''
Despite her mood struggles, the 'Chained to the Rhythm' singer recently admitted quarantining at home had helped her get into the right '' mindset'' for motherhood because she was finding ''balance'' in her life.
She said: ''This time has brought in a lot of balance, probably necessary balance. It's good for me to prep this kind of mindset, even after quarantine is done and everyone goes out and celebrates, I'll probably still be at home.
''Everyone is drinking during quarantine and I'm... not. Help me!''
And Katy has developed a deeper bond with her family than ever before.
She said': ''That's the thing, it's interesting, there's a lot to think of but I have a lot of ways to be incredibly grateful and bond with my family on a deeper level than I ever have, rather than just a vacation or a holiday, there's a new foundation being laid within families, between partners, I think people that are quarantined together, we'll never forget this time.''
The 'American Idol' judge thinks she's learned a lot about raising children from her family while in quarantine as she's been around a lot of kids of different ages.
She said: ''I'm surrounded by many mothers, with my sister and my brother's wife and my mom, we've all been quarantining together for eight weeks.
''And we had my brother's nephew with us for seven weeks, and he's only eight months, and then I have a three-year-old and a six-year-old niece. And then Flynn, Orlando's son, who's basically a step-son, he's nine years old.
''So I'm getting the full range of ages and needs.''
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