| 1. Reality Leigh Winner worked as an Intelligence Contractor at the NSA. |
| 2. Leigh Winner was accused of leaking a classified report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election to The Intercept. |
| 3. On June 5, 2017, the Justice Department unveiled the initial criminal leak case during Donald Trump's presidency. |
| 4. If convicted, Leigh Winner could be sentenced to up to ten years in prison. |
| 5. Previously, Winner was employed at Pluribus International Corporation and had a stint in the U.S. Air Force, where she expressed criticisms of Donald Trump on social media. |
| 6. Winner served as a U.S. Air Force veteran and former NSA translator. |
| 7. On August 23, 2018, she was convicted of espionage and sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison as part of a plea deal. |
| 8. She was incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas. |
| 9. Winner tested positive for COVID-19 in July 2020. |
| 10. A federal judge rejected her request for compassionate release due to the COVID-19 pandemic on April 24, 2020. |
| 11. On June 2, 2021, Winner was released early to a transitional facility in San Antonio, Texas, due to good behavior. |
| 12. The Intercept's mishandling of the leaked material exposed her as the source and led to her arrest. |
| 13. Her sentence of five years and three months was the longest ever imposed for an unauthorized release of government classified information to the media at the time of her conviction. |
