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USA v. Winner
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1:17-cr-00034
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Firms
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April 24, 2020
No Early Release For Reality Winner Over COVID-19 Fears
A George federal judge shot down former defense contractor Reality Winner's bid for early release over concerns about her health amid a prison lockdown imposed to contain COVID-19, saying she had not exhausted her legal options before filing the motion and would not be granted release even if she had.
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April 21, 2020
Feds Say COVID-19 Fears No Reason To Release Leaker
Federal prosecutors in Georgia said former defense contractor Reality Leigh Winner doesn't merit release over concerns about her health amid a prison lockdown imposed to contain the novel coronavirus, urging a judge on Tuesday to reject her bid for early release from her five-year sentence for leaking government information.
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April 13, 2020
Reality Winner Seeks Home Confinement Due To COVID-19
Reality Leigh Winner, a former government contractor who pled guilty to leaking a classified report on Russian election interference, urged a Georgia federal judge on Friday to allow her to serve the remaining two years of her sentence under home confinement due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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August 23, 2018
Reality Winner Hit With Record Sentence Over Hacking Leak
Reality Leigh Winner, a former government contractor who pled guilty to leaking a classified report on Russian election interference, was sentenced Thursday to five years and three months in prison, which prosecutors are calling the longest sentence ever handed down for unauthorized disclosure of national defense information to the media.
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August 15, 2018
Ex-Contractor Says 63 Months Appropriate For Classified Leak
A former government contractor who pled guilty to leaking national defense information to an online media outlet told a Georgia federal court Wednesday that the five years and three months she agreed to serve is an appropriate punishment for her misdeeds, but not more than necessary.
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June 22, 2018
Ex-Contractor Accused Of Leak To Change Plea To Guilty: DOJ
Former government contractor Reality Leigh Winner, who has been accused of leaking classified national security information to at least one news outlet, plans to plead guilty at a change of plea hearing Tuesday in Georgia federal court, a U.S. Department of Justice spokesman said Friday.
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December 19, 2017
Feds Rip Bid To Toss Suspect's Admission In NSA Leak Case
Prosecutors blasted a bid by an ex-National Security Agency contractor to suppress her admission of stealing and leaking a classified report during an FBI search of her home, telling a Georgia federal court Monday that all relevant indicators suggest she was not detained and knew it.
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November 28, 2017
Pretrial Detention Upheld For Ex-Contractor Accused Of Leak
A Georgia federal judge on Monday affirmed the detention of former government contractor Reality Leigh Winner, who has been accused of leaking classified national security information, saying she poses an ongoing risk to national security.
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October 04, 2017
Leak Suspect Seeks Classified Docs To Support Defense
A former government contractor accused of leaking classified information to a media outlet urged a Georgia federal judge Tuesday to deny any government requests to withhold classified materials from discovery in her upcoming trial, saying the documents could undercut claims that her alleged actions compromised national security.
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September 28, 2017
Gov't Slams Leak Suspect's Bid For Pretrial Release
The federal government on Wednesday ripped into a request for release on bail from a former government contractor accused of leaking classified information, telling a Georgia federal judge she can't be trusted to obey conditions of pretrial release and her freedom would pose a national security threat.