Posted on 06/19/2019 4:11:36 PM PDT by bigbob
A former aide to Sen. Maggie Hassan and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is headed to prison Wednesday for what prosecutors said was the largest known data theft in Senate history.
The former aide, Jackson Cosko, pleaded guilty in April to crimes related to an unparalleled effort to ransack a Senate office, extorting a Democratic senator, illegally harming Republicans for their political views, and blackmailing a witness.
Prosecutors asked for nearly five years in prison for Cosko, a onetime congressional IT aide to Hassan. Cosko admitted he stole the New Hampshire Democrats data out of revenge for being fired, then used it to doxx Republicans during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings.
The government believes that a significant sentence would help to make clear that difference of political opinion do not entitle people to engage in politically motivated, criminal attacks threatening elected officials with whom he disagrees, and would thereby encourage respect for the law, and deter future criminal conduct, prosecutors wrote.
New details emerged in their sentencing memo that made the case of Cosko the Bernie Sanders-supporting son of a millionaire San Francisco developer with ties to California Sen. Dianne Feinstein and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi even more shocking.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Nice rant.
He also sent a beheading video to the wife of one of the Republicans on the judiciary committee.
Guy’s a sicko.........
Cosko's wealthy parents offered to pay for his stay at a
mental health facility, but prosecutors, like the judge, were intent on sending a message.
(Wonder if dad and mom bribed his college's tennis coach?)
Cosko, a sap-happy liberal Democrap, was angry about Justice Kavanaugh's nom.
Consumed w/ revenge, he stole private info about Republican senators and made it public. Cosko was looking at 50 years for the heinousness of his crimes. Cosko pleaded guilty to five felonies.
Cosko's crimes were described as reflecting "a deliberate malice and self-righteous entitlement.".. Prosecutors said Cosko's crimes were motivated by his fury at being fired by Hassan and his political anger at Republicans. They said that he "wanted to punish people who disagreed with his politics."(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
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Even after his arrest,
<><> Cosko 'continued to mine data' through keystroke-logging 'devices he had installed on several computers in Senate offices'...
<><> discovered after Cosko informed authorities of their existence.
Cosko's charges included
<><> "a months-long series of burglaries and sophisticated data theft offenses directed at the office of" Sen Hassan
<><> "maliciously releasing" personal information of Senators Lindsay Graham, Orrin Hatch, Mike Lee, Rand Paul, and Mitch McConnell.
Democrap Cosko was under arrest and a computer was quarantined, yet Capitol Police and Senate employees found
<><> keylogger devices were plugged in to many of the offices computers.
<><> The devices continued to beam every keystroke including passwords to personal and business accounts
<><>a WiFi signal was utilized that could be accessed from the public hallway.
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“Hannity probably has a better grasp on what happened in DC during and since the 2016 election than anyone else”
Yes. His show’s content was chock full of excellent info with great investigative journalists. His, “I did this” and “over the target” bragging was shameful and became tiring.
Because of the content, I tuned in. I have pared my news junky intake to Rush and Hannity. Otherwise it’s music and Investigation Discovery.
Liz: Sorry for the rant. I am disgusted with how America has been TRASHED.
my guess is nothing...knowing what this stupid kid did and knowing what the brothers did and are still walking around town. my guess is they all gleaned enough while hacking senators/congress people that they will never go to jail. We all know most of senate and congress is corrupt in some manner or another.
This kid attempted to use the info to hurt or bribe people because of political views...just watching the votes that are made completely contrary to the citizens wishes tells me this is happening a lot!
I hope he gets what he deserves in prison. Paging Bubba.
He will....he will......
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