Overview

• The former NSA contractor leaked a classified report in 2017 that U.S. intelligence says confirmed GRU spear‑phishing attempts against U.S. election systems.
• She pleaded guilty under the Espionage Act and received more than five years in prison, the longest sentence imposed for that type of leak.
• Winner says she cannot earn money from her name or story and even has to buy her own book, “Reality Winner: I am Not Your Enemy.”
• Despite multiple films, a documentary, and a Broadway play about her case, she reports receiving no proceeds from any adaptation.
• Now living in Kingsville, Texas, she coaches CrossFit and rescues dogs as she contends with being labeled a traitor while President Trump continues to call the Russia interference narrative a hoax.