A Democratic congressional staffer was arrested Wednesday and accused of posting the personal information of at least one Republican senator during last week’s hearing about sexual assault claims against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, authorities said.
U.S. Capitol Police said 27-year-old Jackson Cosko was charged with making public restricted personal information, witness tampering, threats in interstate communication, unauthorized access of a government computer, identity theft, second-degree burglary and unlawful entry. Police added that the investigation was continuing and more charges could be filed.
Senior congressional sources tell Fox News that Cosko most recently worked as a staffer for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas. He also had worked with Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and former Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer of California.
Democratic staffer arrested in doxxing of GOP senators during Kavanaugh hearing
Some enterprising soul should return the favor and even amplify it. Hell, no bail for the guy and leave him with the regular inmates for the weekend. With that face and that complexion, he is bound to be very popular.
Best part is he is a sys admin who did not do the basic work to cover his tracks.
“Some enterprising soul should return the favor and even amplify it.”
Um.
Anyway, the really funny thing is, there are commercial databases you can buy access to, that will likely get you to the same place, information-wise, without breaking any laws. Or public free databases if you dig carefully enough. So he didn’t even need to break the law to get what he thought he wanted.
“Democratic staffer arrested in doxxing of GOP senators”
Shocker. /sarc
When I first heard about this, I was listening to a radio talk show at work (Lars Larson, if it matters). He ended a segment at the ‘bottom of the hour’ with the breaking news of this arrest.
Immediately after the ‘bumper music’ came the national news, where the first report was the same story…almost. In the national (NBC, if it matters) news report he was described as, and I quote, “…a Washington D.C. resident…”
No mention of being a congressional staffer let alone any reference to the party whose members he staffed for.
Quelle surprise…
This is like the fifth staffer for Senator Hasen arrested or officially reprimanded this year.
Maybe a talk with HR? 🙂