Despite their elation that she is out of prison, though, Winner’s family and friends say she is far from free. Every day is still marked by intrusions, like the app carceral authorities require her to put on her phone to monitor her and needing prior approval to go to Walmart with her mother for errands. Winner is projected to be transferred from home confinement to supervised release in November.
That’s why they are continuing their year-and-a-half-long campaign for a presidential pardon or clemency, saying the whistleblower is being gagged from telling her own story.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Friends of Reality Winner- please take action this week to help get Reality Winner’s mom, Billie, a meeting with her Congressman Filemon Vela. After serving five years in prison, Billie’s family has not heard a word from her representative in congress. She would like to meet with him to ask that he intervene out of compassion and call for her daughter to be released from the remaining part of her prison term. She has already served 4 of her 5+ year sentence, which was the longest for the unauthorized release of a single document of government information. Early on Courage to Resist supported her as a whistleblower for exposing Russian hacking of the 2016 elections, which took place under the Trump administration. She is a decorated veteran with an honorable discharge. She suffers from depression, survived COVID and harassment while serving her time. The issue is no longer about her guilt or innocence, but her excessive sentence and if Congress member Filemon Vela will have a heart and step up and say she is no longer a threat to security and should be released. At the very least, he should be willing to meet with the parents.
Congressman Filemon Vela
DC Office 202-456-1111
Texas Office 956-544-8352
Please call Congress member Filemon Vela’s offices in DC and Texas beginning 3-10 to 3-19. Then another group will continue calling until we get our meeting. Identify yourself as a military family, if you are one, and demand that he meet with Reality Winner’s parents and that he intervene to get her released for the following reasons:
- Reality has received the longest sentence for the release of a single classified document
- Reality is a decorated veteran living in his district- it’s long past time for him to hear them out
- Her family and friends are concerned about her health- she is suffering from depression,harassment and had COVID
- She is not a threat to anyone and in fact looks forward to a life of service to her country
NEXT WEEK VETERANS CHAPTER 110 FOR PEACE WILL CALL FOR THIS SUSTAINED ACTION UNTIL REALITY IS RELEASED OR CONGRESS MEMBER VELA MEETS THE PARENTS- spread the word!
