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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Child Who Tested Positive for Coronavirus Goes to School Forces 29 Other
September 17, 2020
Twenty-nine students from a high school in Attleboro, Massachusetts, have been put in quarantine after a student attended class having knowingly tested positive for coronavirus.
The student, who attended the first day of classes on Monday, tested positive for the coronavirus on September 11."This was an egregious violation of trust one parent puts into another parent, one student to another student," Attleboro Mayor Paul
Heroux told WBZ-TV, a local news station.
Speaking to Newsweek, Heroux said: "There was no break down in the system, there will always be a lag for when people find out."Heroux placed emphasis on the process and how it's hard to prevent students from coming to school with coronavirus if they are asymptomatic."The school superintendent, the nurse and I were all in agreement that there are COVID positive students right now but are asymptomatic. It's not believable that 6,000 students are COVID-19 free. But the protocols we have in place can prevent the spread," Heroux added. As the local health authorities were informed, school nurses reviewed seating charts in classes, cafeterias and the students' bus to identify those who could have been in close contact with the student who had tested positive. The Attleboro Public Schools superintendent David Sawyer told Newsweek that 29 classmates were told to stay at home for 14 days and learn remotely."I understand that this inevitable moment is stressful for many. However, it shouldn't change anything. The guidance from the state cannot ensure a virus‐free environment, especially considering we know that some carriers are asymptomatic," Sawyer said in an email to parents. The high school's principal Bill Rudney told Newsweek: "I am not naïve in thinking that we wouldn't have exposures, but I didn't think it would be Day 1 and beyond our control. We have been clear in asking students and families to engage in our Daily Health Checklist to determine if it is wise to come to school."One parent expressed her frustration at the situation on the high school's Facebook page: "Who thought it was a good idea to send their sick kid to school. I mean, for real. You have potentially infected an entire town with CoVid simply by not keeping your petri dish at home until s/he was healthy?"The Attleboro High School opened its doors on September 14 with a hybrid model, adopting a mix of in-person and remote learning.
According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, there were 295 new coronavirus cases in the state on September 16, and 20 confirmed deaths.
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