Former Dem staffer pleads guilty to doxxing Republicans during Kavanaugh hearing

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Jackson Cosko, the former Democrat House staffer accused of posting private information of GOP senators during then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh hearings for uncorroborated sexual assault that was alleged to have taken place over 30 years ago, has pleaded guilty to his crimes.

Cosko, at that time, was a fellow in Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s (D-TX) office. He pleaded guilty on Friday to doxxing the senators and threatening a senate staffer with whom he previously worked after the staffer witnessed him using one of the office’s computers to post the information.

The Washington Post reports that Cosko pleaded guilty to “two counts of making public restricted personal information and one count each of computer fraud, witness tampering and obstruction of justice.” 

Jackson Pollock
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Cosko, a veritable bottom-feeder, admitted to his crimes as part of a plea deal he reached with prosecutors a week earlier.

Cosko admitted in his plea agreement, according to the Post, to posting the private information of Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Mike Lee (R-UT), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). In October, Cosko contested the charges against him and faced up to 20 years in the slammer for his crimes.

In a statement to the Post, Cosko’s attorney Brian Stolarz blamed his client's actions on drugs rather than the fact that Cosko sucks.

“Mr. Cosko takes full responsibility for his actions [as if he has a choice] and is sincerely remorseful [due to the fact that he got caught.] Sadly, Mr. Cosko’s ongoing struggle with drugs contributed to a regrettable course of conduct. He is committed to rehabilitating his life, his reputation, and addressing his addiction,” Stolarz said. 

Interesting that Cosko could work in government and get away with his alleged addiction.

As the Daily Wire previously reported, Cosko entered the office of his former boss, Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) in order to use a computer to publish the private information. A staffer in Hassan’s office recognized him and reported him. Cosko then sent that staffer a threatening email saying that if they told anyone he would “leak it all.”

But that wasn't him--it was the drugs talking.

“Emails signal conversations gmails. Senators children’s health information and socials,” Cosko wrote while stoned out on drugs.

Cosko reportedly had terabytes of information stolen from the senate while he was stoned, some of which was sensitive. When investigators searched his home they found cocaine, methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia. They also found several computers, phones, tablets and senate letterhead he had taken from Hassan’s office. He had previously been dismissed by Hassan for unspecified reasons, but it's a good chance that it was for coming to work stoned and being mistaken for a socialist.

The Post reported that Cosko was “angry” for being fired from Hassan’s office last May, so he “engaged in an extraordinarily extensive data theft scheme.” He copied network drives, including sensitive information, to use in the future.

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But it wasn't like it was planned because it was really the fault of the drugs.

For admitting his guilt, Cosko will face only 46 to 57 months in prison, instead of the 20 years he was facing. Sentencing will take place on June 13. The Post reported Cosko has already served four months in jail.

Missing from the Post article is information regarding Cosko’s family connections. 

Cosko’s daddy is the CEO of the hugely successful construction company, Hathaway Dinwiddie. His father also has ties to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), whose office was contacted by Christine Blasey Ford when she made the allegations against Kavanaugh. 

It is not known whether Jackson Cosko tried to have intimate relations with Ms. Ford while on drugs, but if we wait 30 years, it's sure to come out in the wash.

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Joy[less] Behar want Orrin Hatch to 'go to jail' for not saying what she wants to hear

A proud display of her Constitution IQ = one

Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Freedom of speech is what makes the United States of America the best nation on earth. No other country has that freedom to the degree at which we do. We have the right to say anything we want, as long as we don't call for violence or create intentionally.

There are nine categories of speech that are not protected under the U.S. Constitution and scholars have somewhat differing views, but the categories are clear:

Obscenity.
Fighting words.
Defamation (including libel and slander)
Child pornography.
Perjury.
Blackmail.
Incitement to imminent lawless action.
True threats.

I don't believe many people would have a problem agreeing the above categories should be prohibited.

But freedom of speech also means that a person has the right to say nothing if he or she so chooses.

Joy Behar doesn't think, and she doesn't believe the First Amendment should apply to Orrin Hatch (R-UT). But mostly, she doesn't think.

The ABC News’ “The View” co-host said on Thursday that retiring Senator. Hatch “maybe” should be sent to prison for not speaking out against President Trump, proving she's a far-left idiot, but I repeat myself.

“I don’t know if you saw this clip of Orrin Hatch, the esteemed, so-called senator from Utah,” Behar said. “I used to like him because he was very friendly with Teddy Kennedy,” the late Massachusetts senator who allowed Mary Jo Kopechne to drown in his car after it plunged into the Chappaquiddick river. He was drunk at the time, left the scene for hours, but Behar thinks he was a great guy.

So Behar liked Hatch because he liked Ted Kennedy. Brilliant! Now she says that he's a "so-called" senator. How gracious of the so-called comedienne.

Behar also described a video clip – that ABC News significantly did not air during the segment – in which she claimed Hatch said he didn’t care if President Trump and his former attorney Michael Cohen committed crimes together.

’I don’t care,’ he said, ‘the president’s doing a good job,” Behar said. “Where have we come when a senator from Utah is saying, 'I don’t care if he committed a crime?'”

But watch the video below and see how the CNN reporter tries to put words in Hatch's mouth. He never actually said what Behar wanted to hear.

This is exactly the type of "fake news" Behar is spouting--although to call anything on "The View" 'news' is ridiculous.

When the senator was asked about the president's links to Cohen, Hatch said, "All I can say is this: President Trump, before he became president, that's another world. Since he's become president, this economy has charged ahead. We're all better off, the country is better off."

When the reporter mentioned that the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York is a Trump appointee, Hatch replied: "I don't care. All I can say is, he's doing a good job as president." That isn't the same thing as saying he doesn't care if Trump did anything illegal.

"View" co-host Meghan McCain reminded Behar that Hatch is “almost gone” when Behar fired back, “Don’t they care about democracy anymore?”

Doesn't Behar care about the U.S. Constitution anymore?

McCain complimented Hatch’s “hilarious” Twitter account before the show went to a commercial break. Behar was still joyless. When the show returned from break she continued the conversation.

"He is going out of office. He has nothing to lose by speaking, against truth-to- power about Trump,” Behar said. “Why does he say, ‘Even if he commits a crime, it’s OK?’ Maybe he needs to go to jail, too.”

He never said that. Behar is either lying or she's an idiot--wait--both can be true at the same time.

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Sen. Gardner's wife sent beheading video in wake of Kavanaugh vote

The country is in a lot of trouble. It has gotten to the point where the left and the right have so much animosity, there's no talking other than shouting and it has gotten to the point of physical violence, or threats of it, by the left.

Now that Brett Kavanaugh is Justice Kavanaugh, after being sworn in on the Supreme Court Sunday, Republicans are having to deal with leftist hatred in liberal doses.

Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) told Fox News on Sunday that his wife received a graphic text message along with a video depicting a beheading, and that someone had doxxed him, posting the names and addresses of his family members.

Not only is that sick; it's criminal.

Gardner had announced his support for Kavanaugh in July and reaffirmed it when his accuser and the FBI could produce no corroborating evidence of any of the allegations of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh.

In late September, Gardner received a letter from a cowardly anonymous individual, apparently in Denver who alleged that Kavanaugh "shoved" someone up against a wall "very aggressively and sexually" during a 1998 outing in front of four witnesses. Of course, none of the alleged witnesses came forward and the allegation was later deemed not to be credible.

Prior to receiving the letter, Gardner had made a statement regarding the allegations against Kavanaugh: "Every victim of abuse, assault, and violence has been through an unspeakable tragedy and we need to do a better job listening to them, ensuring support is available, and fighting to end abuse of any kind. I hope that the partisan divide we all feel today does not hinder the people that have bravely come forward."

The accused and the accuser, Christine Blasey Ford have also received many death threats recently. Both sides are going crazy.

Jackson Cosko, a Democratic aide who most recently worked for Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee (D-TX) was arrested for doxxing private information on Wikipedia of at least three Republican lawmakers last month--Sens. Mike Lee, (R-UT), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Cosko allegedly threatened to leak senators' children's health information if a witness told anyone about his activities.

He has since been arrested.

According to a sworn statement by Capitol Police Captain Jason Bell, a witness saw Cosko at a computer in a senator's office, where he used to work, one or two days after two other unnamed senators' information had been put on Wikipedia. Sources told Fox News that Cosko was in Sen. Hassan's office without authorization and was caught using a login he was not authorized to use.  Cosko was earlier let go by Sen. Hassan's office but a spokesman for Hassan said she "strongly denounces the alleged actions."

Cosko was alleged to have been confronted by the staffer and then left the office. The staffer call the police and hours later the witness received an email from "livefreeorpwn@gmail.com" stating: "If you tell anyone I will leak it all. Emails signal conversations gmails. Senators children's health information and socials."

"Socials" are probably social security numbers, while Signal is a secure messaging application. Bell said there is probably cause to believe that Cosko published the information of senators and then threatened the witness "with the intent to hinder, delay, or prevent" the witness from reporting the crime to authorities.

Cosko's defense lawyer, Brian Stolarz, told Fox News that his client acted alone.

It is still unknown who sent the violent beheading video to Cory Gardner's wife.


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Cops arrest pretty boy Dem for GOP doxxing and more

A Democratic congressional intern was arrested this week for allegedly publishing the private information of three [possibly four] Republican lawmakers. Other incidents are also under police investigation and shows us the levels the left will stoop to in order to undermine the Trump administration.

Jackson Cosko had worked as an unpaid intern for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) was arrested for posting the personal information on Wikipedia of Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Orrin Hatch (R-UT). It included their home addresses and Capitol Hill police are investigating more doxxing incidents involving at least two senators, including Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). It isn't clear if Cosko was involved in the latter doxxing incidents.

In addition to working with Jackson Lee, Cosko also worked with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA). He also worked in many other House and Senate roles including press assistant and legislative correspondent, according to his now unavailable LinkedIn page.

Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) told Fox News' "America's Newsroom" Thursday that based on the wide range of charges against young Cosko, including witness tampering and burglary, it's quite likely that there's more to this story than meets the eye.

"With seven different charges out there, it really does make it sound like it's more sophisticated and widespread because now you see Sen. Rand Paul is also having issues," Chaffetz said, admitting that it wasn't known if Cosko was connected to the Paul case.

The exact motivation behind the doxxing (posting of personal information) of the senators came on Thursday just moments after Lindsey Graham made his flame-throwing speech attacking Democrats for what he termed "an unethical sham" in how they treated Brett Kavanaugh.

A day after the doxxing, two activists with female genitalia [not sure how they identify themselves and I don't want to insult them or whatever happens when you say 'she' but were supposed to say 'zah'?] began screaming at Sen. Jeff Flake (Rino--AZ) in an elevator on Friday. Somehow, one of the Soros backed women believed that by him not believing Ford's testimony, Flake believes her sexual assault "doesn't matter."

Flake, who could have pointed out how women, such as Tawana Brawley, and so many others, have lied about being raped or assaulted, but instead he cowered and looked like his big sister was berating him [if she was, indeed identifying as a woman], and just moments later, demanded the FBI take another week to investigate the case.


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Tillerson confirmed by Senate

Former ExxonMobil executive, Rex Tillerson, has been confirmed by the Senate Wednesday as the GOP is sprinting toward the finish line, running past Democratic resistance to fill the Trump Cabinet. 

The vote was 56-43, and if  you do the math, it means that five Democrats voted for Trump's pick.

As the day began, Democrats attempted to delay the confirmations but Republicans moved fast to advance three nominees to a final vote.

Jeff Sessions also won the Senate Judiciary Committee vote as it went along party lines for a 11-to-9 approval for Attorney General. Democrats dragged out the proceeding Tuesday and the committee advanced Sessions to the floor for the vote.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said, "No doubt we have the votes. It's going to get done."

Obstructionist Democrats have tried to hold up several Trump Cabinet picks using concerns over their records as a ploy, as well as President Trump's new policies and recent executive orders on immigration.

The Republican-led Senate Finance Committee did an 'end around' Senate Democrats' efforts to slow Trump's picks for Treasury Secretary and Health and Human Services Secretary when they tried to boycott the votes.

Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) suspended committee rules on the number of members required to vote, allowing GOP members to vote in favor of Steve Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary and Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to serve as Health and Human Services Secretary. Price, by the way, is a medical doctor and knows a thing or two about this area.

Sen. Ron Wyden (Duh-OR) the committee's wimpiest Democrat cried that Hatch wasn't playing fair and broke the rules. Both he and Chuck Schumer retreated to the Democrat's "safe space" located at the third stall in senate lavatory.

Seriously, this feels so good to give back to Democrats what they gave to Republicans. Hearing them cry brings to mind a song by the "Rolling Stones" which is "You Can't Always Get What You Want" but if you cry, sometimes you get what you need.

"What you had was a rump group that met in violation of Democratic values to confirm two ethically-challenged nominees," 'Whining Weepy Wyden' whined to Fox News. "There's no question about that."

Of course there's a question about that. If you're going to boycott normal protocol because Clinton, your leftist felon lost, then the wheels of government are going to run you over, you whiny libtard.

Sessions, Price and Mnuchin will almost definitely get the required simple majority needed for confirmation due to the GOP majority of 52 senators versus the losers that only have 48 due to an American population that's fed up with their nonsense.

Democrats were able to temporarily thwart a Senate confirmation vote on Scott Pruitt for the Environmental Protection Agency by boycotting a key committee meeting.

The operant word is "temporarily."


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Lois Lerner: "I look like crap"

Conservatives are "evil and dishonest,"  even "hateful," says the woman's emails who led the IRS in a frontal assault on conservative nonprofit organizations. She plead the Fifth Amendment after she testified of her innocence about her illegal involvement in the IRS scandal, and somehow got away with not testifying any further.

The newly released emails show us just who this woman with the 1967 hairdo and flat affect really is. Calling Republicans "evil and dishonest" while trying to put the screws to conservative nonprofits is doing God's work, in her dead eyes, I imagine.

The emails were part of a bipartisan report released by the Senate Finance Committee on August 6th. It shows Lerner "up close and personal" to use ABC's sportscaster, Jim McKay's oft used words.

The report found evidence that the Obama administration's political agenda and Lerner's personal politics impacted on how she did her job, as well as other employees with the same political bent, doing theirs, says Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) chairman of the Finance Committee.

The one issue Lerner was "right on the money" about was her statement regarding how the press handled the story. "I looked like crap," she said. "I don't look like that anymore, but it serves their purposes of hate mongering to continue to use those images."

She should have stopped writing after the first sentence. She will always have dead eyes and flat affect. She will always look like crap to those organizations of which she acted like crap to destroy.

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