EXCLUSIVE: Reality Winner, who was imprisoned for leaking a classified report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, says she finds the allegations that former President Trump mishandled secret govt documents as an 'incredibly ironic' predicament.
in June 2021 to a halfway house due to good behavior. Winner was sentenced in 2018 to more than five years on a single count of transmitting national security information — then the longest federal prison sentence imposed for leaks to the news media.
"I was a very introspective individual," Winner said. “I wrote down my thoughts. I didn't act on my thoughts and I would read them later and laugh at them." Winner said she considers the application of the Espionage Act inconsistent and vague, and that it leaves too much leeway for the federal district that has jurisdiction over a case to determine if"national defense information" was truly jeopardized.
The law, he added, should be clearer about what is considered prohibited conduct while building in free speech safeguards for people engaged in whistleblower activities. In July, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Rep. Ro Khanna of California, and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky
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