Reality Winner pleads guilty to leaking classified information

By Katelyn Caralle

Published June 26, 2018 4:16pm ET

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Reality Winner pleads guilty to leaking classified information — Reality Winner, charged with leaking U.S. secrets to a news outlet, walks into the Federal Courthouse in Augusta, Ga. Winner previously pleaded not guilty and has been in custody since her arrest. | (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)

Former Air Force linguist Reality Winner pleaded guilty on Tuesday to leaking a classified report about Russian interference in the 2016 election with the media.

Winner was arrested last June, and was the first person prosecuted by the Trump administration for leaking classified information. Her guilty plea was part of an agreement with prosecutors that calls for a sentence of five years and three months, the New York Times reported.

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