Ex-Senate staffer carried out “extensive” data theft of personal information after being fired; growing angry watching Kavanaugh confirmation hearings
By Spencer S. Hsu Spencer S. Hsu Investigative reporter Email Bio Follow April 6 at 7:00 AM 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.
In plea papers, he acknowledged the senators were GOP Senate Judiciary Committee members Lindsey O. Graham ; Mike Lee and Orrin G. Hatch of Utah; as well as Sen. Rand Paul and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Cosko was arrested Oct. 3 by U.S. Capitol Police, who said he was caught sneaking into the offices of Sen. Maggie Hassan after 10 the previous evening and using an aide’s computer and log-in, according to court filings.
Cosko, angry that he was fired from Hassan’s office in May, had “engaged in an extraordinarily extensive data theft scheme” by burglarizing the office several times, copying network drives and identifying sensitive information he might use later, he admitted in court filings.On Sept.
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