For 18-year-old Jen Leitch, her trip to Osheaga was a dream come true as the quadriplegic Ontarian got to meet her hero Billie Eilish, whose music helped her through the hardest part of her life.
For 18-year-old Jen Leitch, her trip to Osheaga was a dream come true as the quadriplegic Ontarian got to meet her hero Billie Eilish, whose music helped her through the hardest part of her life.
intercept. i was there around that time. however, i was not involved in that story whatsoever. after the story was published, though, the leak was traced back to reality winner. she was denied entail sentenced to more than five years, five years in federal prison, where she remains today. it was the longest sentence ever imposed by a federal court in this country for the unauthorized release of government information to the media. so, should president biden now pardon her? joining me is reality s mother, and reality s sifrt, brittany winner. thank you both for joining me on the show tonight. billie, can i start with you? how is reality doing in prison? how is your daughter right now? well, my daughter is still not home. she s still not free. as you stated, reality was arrested. she was arrested june 3rd of 2017, and she is still not home with us today. you know, that in and of itself is a travesty.
billie, is there a message you want to make to joe biden or members of his administration who are watching this right now? yes. you know, i had been writing to joe biden daily and sending him messages, and calling the white house, trying to speak with him daily for the first five months of his preg of his presidency, sorry. i received a memo that they received my correspondence and were forwarding it to another agency. this was very heartbreaking to me because it told me they weren t listening. that perhaps even president biden hadn t seen my messages, hadn t heard what i was asking for, because this really is in his hands right now. my daughter has a petition for clemency with the united states pardon attorney, and all it s
going to take is for his signature to commute her sentence, to bring her home to us. and i believe that she deserves this. you know, the trump administration persecuted reality so strongly because of the information she released. and the continued silence from this administration is a continued persecution. those are strong words from a mother and a campaigner. billie, brittany, we appreciate both of you coming on the show. appreciate your campaign i do hope people in the administration are watching and listening. thank you for being with us tonight. coming up, naftali bennett could be israel s next prime minister. is he any better than benjamin netanyahu? i ll talk to one of his top advisers george burbaum. and coming up on the week