Back in 2018, Reality Winner was sentenced to more than 5 years for leaking info about Russia hacking attempts. Winner, 29, was sentenced to more than five years in prison in 2018 after she leaked classified information to The Intercept news outlet about Russia’s attempts to hack the 2016 presidential election. She pleaded guilty to leaking a classified report that detailed the Russian government’s efforts to penetrate a Florida-based voting software supplier. At the time, the sentence was the longest ever for a federal crime involving leaks to the media. Her lawyer filled a formal petition for commutation to the DOJ and called on then-President Donald Trump to “do the right thing.”. While Trump did not commute Winner’s sentence, he did say on Twitter in 2018 her punishment was “so unfair”
“Gee, this is ‘small potatoes’ compared to what Hillary Clinton did,” he had tweeted.
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