Reality Winner, the former government contractor charged with leaking classified information, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday as part of a plea agreement reached with federal prosecutors.
Winner, a 26-year-old former contractor for the National Security Agency, was arrested in June 2017 after allegedly mailing a classified report on Russian interference in the federal election to the news outlet The Intercept, which later published the document.
“All of my actions I did willfully, meaning I did so of my own free will,” Winner said in federal court in Georgia at a hearing Tuesday morning, according to the New York Times.
Winner was arrested last June and charged with one count of violating the Espionage Act. She is the first person to be prosecuted for Espionage Act violations under the Trump administration.
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JUST IN: NSA contractor accused of leaking report on Russian interference pleads guilty https://t.co/nlLAZ3kk0S pic.twitter.com/qGk964i1R0
— The Hill (@thehill) June 26, 2018
This what happens when you violate your oath to Uncle Sam and trust charlatans like the Intercept, kids.https://t.co/z8PMRwNM1U
— John Schindler (@20committee) June 26, 2018
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