Authorities arrested a former intern for publically releasing personal information about three Republican senators during a heated confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. 27-year-old Jackson Cosko was caught after a former co-worker found him using a computer in the Senate offices of Maggie Hassan, where he recently worked as a "legislative correspondent/systems administrator."
Cosko was confronted by the co-worker and then left Hassan's office. He e-mailed the person later and threatened to release even more information, including information about lawmaker's children, if they ratted him out.
"If you tell anyone I will leak it all. Emails, signal conversations, gmails. Senators children’s health information and socials."
The threat did not deter the person from calling the police and they arrested Cosko. Authorities said that he was not supposed to have access to Hassan's office and that he used another person's log-in information to use the computer.
He faces five federal charges of making public restricted personal information, making threats in interstate commerce, unauthorized access of a government computer, identity theft, and obstruction of justice/witness tampering. He was also charged with second-degree burglary and unlawful entry in Washington D.C. He could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted on the charges.
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