Accused NSA Leaker Reality Winner Will Plead Guilty

Reality Winner. You remember her, right? She’s the federal contractor who the DOJ charged for leaking a classified National Security Agency document to a media outlet. She also happens to be a Bernie Sanders supporter who whined about the #F—ingWall. She made her mission to “resist” Trump quite apparent.

Rosie O’Donnell thinks she’s a “brave young patriot,” if that gives you a better feel.

brave young patriot – https://t.co/MCnQ1U33vF

— ROSIE (@Rosie) June 7, 2017

The latest news? She’ll plead guilty.

Reality Winner to plead guilty in national security leak case, according to a report. https://t.co/xWssSeSATN

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 22, 2018

Reality Winner, the former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who was accused of leaking a classified report to a news outlet, will reportedly plead guilty as part of a plea deal.

Mhm.

The Air Force veteran entered a plea deal on Thursday following a phone call with U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Epps, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Winner was charged, under the Espionage Act, with removing classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet.

She was working as a contractor with a Top Secret security clearance with Pluribus International Corporation at a federal facility in Georgia when, according to the Justice Department, she printed out a sheet of paper with classified information and mailed it to a news organization.

While the DOJ didn’t specify which outlet reported the secret information, Winner’s charges were announced just as The Intercept published details of a NSA report on Russian hacking efforts.

Former NSA employee Reality Winner will plead guilty to leaking a top-secret report detailing how the Russian government tried to hack US election systems, her mother says https://t.co/L3y7o3yl9v

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) June 22, 2018

Reality Winner, The NSA Analyst Who Leaked Details Of A Russian Hacking Campaign, Will Plead Guilty, Her Mother Says https://t.co/kiEYHt2oFn via @kevincollier

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) June 21, 2018

Her mother told HuffPost that Winner is still keeping a positive attitude — and is rooting for Mexico to win the World Cup. https://t.co/5RcxnlPnUr

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) June 22, 2018

Freedom of the Press Foundation statement on whistleblower Reality Winner’s reported plea deal: https://t.co/qlgAl0aD0y pic.twitter.com/08Z0KuGnTA

— Freedom of the Press (@FreedomofPress) June 21, 2018

So there you have it. She’s going to plead guilty and wants Mexico to win the World Cup. (Don’t ask me why we care about that last part.)

h/t Fox News