Thursday, June 20, 2019

Second Democrat staffer is charged over plan to 'dox' five Republicans senators during Kavanaugh confirmation fight

Second Democrat staffer is charged over plan to 'dox' five Republicans senators during Kavanaugh confirmation fight after another aide was sentenced to four years for illegally posting addresses and telephone numbers online


A former congressional staffer was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to illegally posting online the home addresses and telephone numbers of five Republican senators who backed Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.
Jackson A. Cosko, a former computer systems administrator in the office of Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., pleaded guilty to five federal offenses, including making public restricted personal information, computer fraud, witness tampering and obstruction of justice.
His sentencing came as a second former Hassan aide was charged with assisting Cosko in revealing the private information, a practice known as 'doxing.'
Samantha Deforest Davis, who worked as a staff assistant for Hassan until last December, faces misdemeanor charges of aiding and abetting computer fraud and attempted tampering with evidence
Samantha Deforest Davis, who worked as a staff assistant for Hassan until last December, faces misdemeanor charges of aiding and abetting computer fraud and attempted tampering with evidence
Samantha Deforest Davis, who worked as a staff assistant for Hassan until last December, faces misdemeanor charges of aiding and abetting computer fraud and attempted tampering with evidence. She was fired in December after Capitol Police discovered her possible involvement in the case

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