Reality Winner, a former government contractor who pleaded guilty to leaking classified information, has been released from prison to a halfway house, her lawyer says
Washington A former government contractor who pleaded guilty to leaking classified information to the media has been released from prison to a halfway house after nearly four years of incarceration, her lawyer confirmed to CNN on Monday.
The former contractor, Reality Winner, was accused of taking a report about a 2016 Russian military intelligence cyberattack from the National Security Agency facility where she worked and sending it to an online news outlet in 2017, CNN previously reported. She initially faced 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine but accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to 63 months in prison with three years of supervised release.
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