Ex-NSA contractor Reality Winner released from prison & seeking Biden pardon after leaking report on Russian hacking

REALITY Winner has been released from prison with her family seeking a pardon from Joe Biden, her attorney confirmed Monday.

The former NSA translator had been accused of leaking a report about the 2016 election and Russian meddling.

Her attorney Alison Grinter tweeted: "Some very exciting news for #RealityWinner and her family!!"

Winner was jailed in 2018 after pleading guilty to transmitting national security information and was sentenced to five years.

She is thought to have been released due to good behavior into supervised custody and is currently being held at a residential reentry program.

Grinter told The Independent her family are seeking a pardon from the president.

Grinter said: "Reality has served a lot of time and gone through quite a bit of trauma to fight for essentially one man’s feelings about his election’s validity.

“It’s the only way to make this right.”

She added: "Her release is not a product of the pardon or compassionate release process, but rather the time earned from exemplary behavior while incarcerated."

Winner lost an appeal to be released in 2020.

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