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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NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's daughter was Arrested
June 01, 2020
NEW YORK - Mayor Bill de Blasio's daughter was arrested in New York City during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The 25-year-old was one of approximately 100 people who refused to leave the roadway at East 12th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. The only daughter of the Mayor and First Lady Chirlane McCray was issued a desk ticket for unlawful assembly Saturday night in lieu of detention.
"I want you first to know and I think many, many parents can appreciate this," said de Blasio. "She's 25 years old and did not inform Chirlane and I of her intention to get arrested. I knew of some of her views. I knew she believed in peaceful protests. I knew she had participated a few nights ago but in a peaceful manner. When I found out that she had been arrested, finally reached her with Chirlane and we asked her to recount the whole story."
The arrest came an hour before the mayor held a news conference telling protesters to go home.
"She was acting peacefully. She believes that everything she did was in the spirit of peaceful, respectful protest. The bottom line is I will let her speak for herself in any way that she wants to. I admire that she was out there trying to change something she thought was unjust," said de Blasio.
Chiara de Blasio was among 700 people arrested over the weekend. A Desk Appearance Ticket (DAT) is an order issued by the police to appear in Criminal Court to respond to an accusation that you have committed an offense. In most cases, a Desk Appearance Ticket will be charging a misdemeanor offense. A felony offense is one that is punishable by more than one year in prison.
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