U.S. Capitol Police issued a press release Wednesday evening announcing that they’d made an arrest in the doxxing of Republican senators while they were hearing testimony from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Early reports were that the person posting the senators’ personal information on Wikipedia was using a computer in the House of Representatives, and that information happened to be right.
BREAKING: Capitol Police Arrest 27-Year-Old Democrat Staffer Jackson Cosko For Doxxing 3 GOP Senators. "Doxxing" puts at risk the personal safety of victims and their families. https://t.co/K8vt4XsQ38 via @gatewaypundit
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) October 3, 2018
Jackson Cosko. This is the ”man” who d0xxed Republican senators during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. He has most recently worked for Sheila Jackson Lee.
He is in a great deal of trouble. pic.twitter.com/dksoqkSvSM
— Ian McKelvey (@ian_mckelvey) October 3, 2018
United States Capitol Police (USCP) arrested a Suspect who allegedly posted private, identifying information (doxing) about one or more United States Senators to the internet. ->https://t.co/yXwRxv6Q4U
— Mike Emanuel (@MikeEmanuelFox) October 3, 2018
Capitol Police report that Jackson A. Cosko, 27, of Washington, D.C., has been charged with Making Public Restricted Personal Information, Witness Tampering, Threats in Interstate Communications, Unauthorized Access of a Government Computer, Identity Theft, Second Degree Burglary, and Unlawful Entry.
UPDATE: The staffer arrested for doxxing GOP senators was actually an *intern* in Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's office, according to her chief of staff Glenn Rushing. He's no longer with the office as of today's news. https://t.co/ShAotdPR8S
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 3, 2018
Rushing noted he wasn't paid by the office, given his status as an intern. Asked if he was concerned about other possible misconduct by Cosko while with Jackson Lee, he added, "We're just cooperating with law enforcement right now."
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 3, 2018
Bizarre that he went from paid staffer to intern
— Alex Clearfield (@AlexClearfield) October 3, 2018
I had a similar thought. The chamber change is also unusual.
— Daniel Schuman (@danielschuman) October 3, 2018
Whatever.
Paid or not paid, it was an intern working in HER office.— Rys?? (@Rystalship) October 3, 2018
Bet this boy had a serious Come-to-Jesus moment sometime in his few hours in county lockup or DC jail or wherever he went pic.twitter.com/fbon5rgt0l
— Chris Bieszad (@ChrisBieszad) October 3, 2018
Haha imagine being a “cyber security” expert and not being smart enough to mask your IP address.
— G্nżু McKek ? (@Gonzoisfun) October 3, 2018
The good news is that he was arrested but the question has to be asked, was Jackson Cosko directed by Rep. Sheila Jackson to leak this info? What was in the envelope she handed to Ford’s attorneys at the exact time this crime was happening?
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) October 4, 2018
Oh the same Congresswoman that was seen on video handing an envelope to Dr. Ford's lawyer, if you were a real reporter you would ask about that.
— Kitty Lenoir (@KittyLenoir) October 3, 2018
And what was Sheila Jackson Lee handing the Ford legal team in an envelope at the close of Ford's testimony? https://t.co/KuOJh42p1O
— Maria Sevely (@mlsline) October 3, 2018
Police say the investigation will continue and additional charges may be forthcoming.
Related:
Someone was doxxing GOP senators during the Brett Kavanaugh hearing https://t.co/pKBxvIxUTh
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 28, 2018
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