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Federal employee pleads not guilty to leaking information to BuzzFeed

By Diana Stancy Correll
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Federal employee pleads not guilty to leaking information to BuzzFeed

U.S. Treasury employee Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges that she unlawfully disclosed information about former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates to a BuzzFeed News reporter.

Court documents also revealed that Edwards told the reporter that another unidentified employee at the agency had a “wealth of information,” meaning other employees could be facing potential legal jeopardy.

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