Former Democratic aide pleads guilty to 'doxing' GOP senators, including Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch
A former congressional Democratic staff member pleaded guilty to posting private information about Republican senators on the website Wikipedia and threatening a witness who caught him on a computer in another lawmaker’s office.
Jackson Cosko, 27, of the District of Columbia, admitted on Friday to "doxing" the senators after he became angry about being fired by one senator and then grew angry at other senators as he watched the hearing on sexual assault allegations against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, his plea agreement shows.
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.
In plea papers, he acknowledged the senators were GOP Senate Judiciary Committee members Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Mike Lee of Utah and Orrin Hatch of Utah, as well as Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
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