DC: Reality Winner, the former government contractor who pleaded guilty to leaking classified information to a media outlet, thanked President Donald Trump on Thursday for questioning the fairness of her five-year prison sentence.
Speaking by phone to CBS News from Georgia’s Lincoln County Jail, Winner said she “deeply” regrets her actions and appreciates Trump calling her offense “small potatoes” compared to crimes he alleges former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton committed during the 2016 campaign.
“For that, I can’t thank him enough,” Winner said.
Winner was referring to a Trump tweet on Aug. 24 in which he made a dig at Attorney General Jeff Sessions for pursing Winner’s case while supposedly letting Clinton off the hook.
“Ex-NSA contractor to spend 63 months in jail over ‘classified’ information,” the president wrote. “Gee, this is ‘small potatoes’ compared to what Hillary Clinton did! So unfair Jeff, Double Standard.”
Winner, who sent a classified National Security Agency document to the investigative reporting outlet The Intercept, was the first person to be prosecuted for violating the Espionage Act under the Trump administration. Her 63-month prison sentence is the longest ever handed down in a case involving a federal employee leaking to the news media. more here
I disagree. 63 months is not enough.
Hillary should hang for what she’s done.
She got what Comey promised! He said when he whitewashed Hillary that she was an exception to the espionage laws and if anyone else did what she did they would be prosecuted
Sessions, the DOJ and FBI jumped right on this investigation and prosecution of one classified leak by Winner.
Losers, Hillary, the DOJ and FBI leaked classified and top secret documents over 8 years and no prosecution.
The two tiered Justice System is alive and well for the establishment elite.
That little fucking elf jeffy makes me projectile vomit. Deep state mother fucker.
Maybe Sessions is sending a message to all those who leaked in the Russia probe that 5 years is what they’re going to get. Hope so, that way Trump can use his discretion in either a pardon or commutation to those who he favors.
Shes unrealistic if she thinks Trump’s tweet was favorable to her.
Mizz Winner would have us believe she regrets her actions, and by thanking the president she foolishly thought she’d take down, will be pardoned.
Ain’t gonna happen. 63 months. Welcome to reality, Reality.
I think Trump should make a slew of October surprises, including commuting Winner’s sentence to time served. His point is correct. We see now that laws are just tools to batter the “normals” into line while cunts like Hillary are exonerated every fucking time. Fuck that shit.
Lol, Way to name your destiny.
When the crimes of the privileged class weigh less than the same or similar crimes committed by common person on the scales of justice – There is no justice.
Thus far Hillary & company’s more numerous & more serious crimes are treated as being weightless.
Now how about a dose of reality for Cankles?
The sad part is when Hillary finally goes to jail, she only has a limited number of years to rot in the cell.