Cocktails & Popcorn: Her Flatulent Boviness, Sheila Jackson Lee & Her DOJ Treason Investigation Update

"Damn, I need a drink and a good
legal defense team." said
Her Flatulent Boviness

 I wonder what else Sheila Jackson Lee, Her Flatulent Boviness, and her rogue ass crew were doing up there in Judiciary.

Perhaps, we should just wait for DOJ to finish up what they are doing on the complaint and affidavit, below.

I bet they thought they would never get caught being mean to my Sweetie.

That is how you know you are dealing with "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending).

COURT: EX-SEN. HASSAN IT AIDE WHO ALLEGEDLY DOXXED SENATORS ‘DOWNLOADED MORE INFORMATION THAN WAS ORIGINALLY UNDERSTOOD

Pictured is a note found in Jackson Cosko’s apartment. (Photo of evidence filed by prosecutors in D.C. federal court)

• Former Senate information technology (IT) aide Jackson Cosko was arrested for “doxxing” Republican senators during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings and threatening, “I own EVERYTHING … If you tell anyone I will leak it all.”
• On Wednesday, a judge said Cosko “downloaded more information than was originally understood,” and that it was so sensitive it could not be discussed in open court.
• Sen. Maggie Hassan had hired Cosko despite a prior felony conviction, then he “was asked to resign” for undisclosed, unrelated wrongdoing months before the doxxing. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee then hired him in the House despite the felony and the prior employment trouble.

A former Senate IT aide who allegedly “doxxed” Republican senators by posting their home addresses during the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and blackmailed a witness “downloaded more information than was originally understood,” Judge Thomas Hogan said in District of Columbia federal court Wednesday.

Prosecutors said in November they found “terabytes of data” that they were reviewing as evidence in the case. Lawyers indicated Wednesday that what they found was so sensitive the public could not even hear it discussed.

(RELATED: Republican Senators Doxxed By Someone In House Shortly After Questioning Kavanaugh)

The judge took the unusual step of kicking reporters and even Cosko’s own mother out of the courtroom for more than a half hour while prosecutors and the defense discussed what they found with the judge.

“The defense and government have filed a motion to seal the courtroom for certain matters that are not suitable for the public,” Hogan said.

After the public was allowed back in, Hogan expressed alarm.

“His accomplishments in the computer world … allowed him to do the things he was doing … there’s a sense of great risk to the public” if Cosko can access computers, he said. “If he has access to info that only he has the key to, he could cause difficulty.”

“Self-described at the time of doing it and maybe now still, he was malicious and hostile,” Hogan continued. “He downloaded more information that was originally understood. There is no combination of conditions that could ensure the safety of the community.”

Prosecutors said in court filings that even after he was caught bragging about how he used his position as a congressional IT aide to download data, and used it to blackmail an aide, he “expressed intention to commit more similar crimes while charges were pending.”

 (Wasserman Schultz’s Laptop Found In Phone Booth At Midnight)

Through his lawyer, Cosko, a slight 27-year-old with a buzz cut and a baggy orange prison jumpsuit, pleaded with the judge to help move him to a different jail, and said that he wanted to avoid going to trial. Prosecutors said they were discussing a plea deal.

Prosecutors also said that Cosko had a prior felony conviction — a drug charge from college. Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat of New Hampshire, hired him as systems administrator and gave him access to the office’s data despite the felony record. Hassan fired him in May — or rather, he “was asked to resign” for unspecified prior misconduct, according to her spokesman. But it is not clear that she revoked his super-user IT credentials.

Then, Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas hired him — she has said in August — despite both a felony record and having just lost his job for misconduct.

After the arrest in October, the congresswoman claimed he was an intern, despite being a 27-year-old who had previously worked in the upper chamber.

A spokesman for Jackson Lee, Robin Chand, refused to tell The Daily Caller News Foundation whether the office did a background check or called Hassan’s office for a reference, and if so, what Hassan’s office said.

During the confirmation hearings of Kavanaugh, Cosko allegedly posted Republicans’ home addresses on Wikipedia, including from his computer in Jackson Lee’s office.

Then, on Oct. 2, he allegedly returned to Hassan’s office and logged into a staffer’s computer.

“The defendant was caught in the act of burglarizing the office of United States Senator Maggie Hassan (his former employer) for the purpose of illegally accessing a computer in the Senator’s office,” according to court papers. “When the defendant recognized that he was caught – by a staffer who knew the defendant well – he fled the office. However, only a few minutes later, the defendant sent a threatening e-mail to that same staffer.”

Cosko wrote, according to the papers: “I own EVERYTHING … If you tell anyone I will leak it all. Emails signal conversations gmails. Senators children’s health information and socials.”

Prosecutors said they searched his home and found “virtually a hackers’ obstruction checklist” and materials to impersonate congressmen such as stationary from Hassan’s office.

(RELATED: Colleagues Fear House IT Aide Imran Awan Blackmailing Members)

Neither prosecutors nor the defense would tell TheDCNF on what legal grounds the court was barring the public from hearing the extent of Cosko’s alleged breach of Congress.

Hassan’s office has declined to answer questions from TheDCNF about what wrongdoing caused it to ask Cosko to resign in May, and why it didn’t take additional measures or even, possibly, deactivate his credentials.

Cosko previously assisted other Democratic senators including Sen. Dianne Feinstein and former Sen. Barbara Boxer, both of California, according to Fox News. Feinstein is on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Another staffer from Feinstein’s office was fired in 2013 for being a mole for China. Feinstein kept that issue quiet, and later falsely characterized that aide as a driver as opposed to a senior staffer.

One of Cosko’s lawyers claimed in October he was not an intern but a “fellow” paid for by an outside institution, according to Fox News.

But on Wednesday, a Cosko attorney told TheDCNF “there was no fellowship” and said “you’d have to take that up with Sheila Jackson Lee” as to why she called him an intern. A Department of Justice press release in October called him a “volunteer.”

Cosko comes from a wealthy California family, and his lawyer assured the judge that the family could provide him the finest mental health and drug treatment under a renowned doctor there, but the judge ordered him to be held in jail.

District Man Charged in Investigation of Illegal Posting of Restricted Personal Information of U.S. Senators on Website

Arrest Followed Investigation of “Doxxing” Activity

            WASHINGTON – A volunteer on the staff of a member of the U.S. House of Representatives made his first court appearance today on charges stemming from the illegal posting of restricted personal information of five U.S. Senators on the Wikipedia website, as well as related conduct.

            The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jessie K. Liu and Matthew R. Verderosa, Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police.

            Jackson A. Cosko, 27, of Washington, D.C., was arrested on Oct. 3, 2018 by the U.S. Capitol Police. He is charged in a criminal complaint with five federal offenses: making public restricted personal information; making threats in interstate commerce; unauthorized access of a government computer; identity theft; and witness tampering. The complaint also charges him with second-degree burglary and unlawful entry, both District of Columbia offenses.

            Cosko appeared this afternoon before Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The judge ordered that Cosko remain detained pending a hearing set for Oct. 9, 2018.

            According to the affidavit in support of the complaint, the U.S. Capitol Police began an investigation on Sept. 27, 2018, after it was determined that the Wikipedia pages of three U.S. Senators had been edited to include restricted personal information without their knowledge or permission. This information included home addresses and personal telephone numbers. These edits took place roughly contemporaneously with public – and highly publicized – Senate proceedings related to a nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court.

            Then, on Oct. 1, 2018, according to the affidavit, similar information was posted on the Wikipedia pages of two additional Senators.

             “Doxxing” is the act of gathering, by licit and illicit means, and posting on the Internet personal identifying information (“PII”) and other sensitive information about an individual.

            On the night of Oct. 2, 2018, according to the affidavit, a witness saw Cosko at a computer in the office of a U.S. Senator who had once employed him. The witness confronted Cosko, who left the office. An investigation led to Cosko’s arrest by the U.S. Capitol Police.

            The charges in criminal complaints are merely allegations and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

            The statutory maximums for the crimes are as follows:

            Federal Offenses:

            Making public restricted personal information – five years.

            Threats in interstate commerce – two years.

            Unauthorized access of a government computer – one year.

            Identity theft – five years.

            Witness tampering – 20 years.

            District of Columbia Offenses:

            Second-degree burglary – 15 years.

            Unlawful Entry – Six months.

            The maximum statutory federal sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes.  If convicted of any federal offense, a sentence will be determined by the court based on the advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

            The investigation into this matter is being conducted by the U.S. Capitol Police. The case is being prosecuted by the Cyber Crime and National Security Sections of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

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