Ex-Dem staffer pleads guilty to 'doxxing' McConnell, others in GOP during Kavanaugh hearings
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A former House Democratic staffer pleaded guilty Friday to five federal offenses related to posting online the personal information of five Republican senators, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, during hearings for then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
The charges against Jackson A. Cosko , 27, include making public restricted personal information, computer fraud, witness tampering and obstruction of justice.
In addition to McConnell's information, Cosko posted the home addresses and phone numbers of GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky -- as well as then-Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah.
Cosko reportedly became angry about the senators' support for Kavanaugh despite sexual assault allegations that President Trump's nominee was facing during the hearings. Cosko intended to intimidate the senators and their families, according to court records. Kavanaugh's nomination was ultimately confirmed.
At the time of his arrest, Cosko was working as an unpaid intern for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, who fired him soon after. He was previously employed as a computer systems administrator in the office of Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., a job that gave him "intimate knowledge of, and broad access to" the computer systems in Hasan's office, according to court records. But he had been fired from Hassan’s office in May 2018 for failing to follow office procedures.
He is scheduled to be sentenced in Washington on June 13. He could face between two and five years in prison.
Cosko previously held positions with other prominent Democrats , including former Sen. Barbara Boxer of California and the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, also of California and the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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This reminds me of when Ron W and NJPerson got banned for doxing Angry Left...
This seed is about a man named Jackson Cosko. Discuss the seeded topic or be gone. Only warning.
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I'm not sure what you said, but if it was juicy enough to get inked, it deserves an upvote.
Do you have an on-topic comment to contribute? I hope so.
I have no problem with this man doxxing Turtle McConnell. It seems that conservatives can dish it out when it suits them but they can't take it when someone does it to them. Maybe they should consider this possibility when they decide to cross the boundry of what is acceptable.
Your comment indicates approval of criminal behavior. Interesting.
"Maybe they should consider this possibility when they decide to cross the boundry of what is acceptable."
So upholding due process and not smearing an innocent man with baseless accusations from a woman with a ridiculously flimsy story is unacceptable?
Stop trying to deny the obvious concept at play here. Conservatives don't have a problem with doxxing people, so why should they be immune from their own tactics? Do you think that you live by different rules than everyone else, or is your fake moral outrage supposed to deflect attention so others do not see your partisan hypocrisy?
When do conservatives ever doxx anybody? That's usually a left wing tactic designed to get someone fired. Since it seems that it's usually conservatives working day jobs and the left seems to have enough free time to go occupying places on a weekday it seems pointless to doxx a liberal. No point trying to get someone fired when they live on their parents couch.
They apparently like others, especially enemy foreign governments, to do their dirty work for them...
"The hacker who goes by "Guccifer 2.0" is claiming credit for the release of personal cell phone numbers and private email addresses of Democratic House members."
The author of your CNN link from August 13, 2016 doesn't state that Conservatives/GOP are "Guccifer 2.0".
And how is it flimsy? Because you don't like facts? Or are just like to put out comments that show how ignorant the comment is?
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How flimsy were the accusations of the Kavanaugh accusers? You mean, aside from not being able to name a time, date, place or even year? Or the fear of flying claim that was thoroughly disproved? Or the rape gang story that was so absurd that Susan Collins was beside herself with disbelief over it?
if only she had won. all this could have been avoided.
cheers
It certainly doesn't take much to trigger some of these people.
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