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Draining the swamp.
"Federal prosecutors say Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards will appear in court Wednesday in Alexandria, Virginia.
"Edwards, 40, is a senior official at Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). She's accused of leaking the material to a journalist who was not named in the criminal complaint.
"She tried to 'conceal her relationship' with the reporter on Tuesday and 'denied having any contacts with the news media' when FBI agents first interviewed her, according to court documents that also reveal she ultimately confessed."
"Prosecutors say 'Suspicious Activity Reports' on Manafort, Butina, Rick Gates and Russia's embassy in Washington were among those Edwards leaked. They allege she photographed the documents before sending them to the reporter.
"Edwards was found with a flash drive containing the confidential reports when she was arrested Tuesday, the Justice Department said, along with a cellphone containing messages to the reporter.
"Investigators say that on a single day in August she 'exchanged approximately 541 messages' with the reporter via an encrypted app, and that she used the same app to send the documents during the past year."
Feds arrest senior Treasury employee for leaking Manafort and Butina banking documents to a reporter | Daily Mail Online
"Federal prosecutors say Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards will appear in court Wednesday in Alexandria, Virginia.
"Edwards, 40, is a senior official at Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). She's accused of leaking the material to a journalist who was not named in the criminal complaint.
"She tried to 'conceal her relationship' with the reporter on Tuesday and 'denied having any contacts with the news media' when FBI agents first interviewed her, according to court documents that also reveal she ultimately confessed."
"Prosecutors say 'Suspicious Activity Reports' on Manafort, Butina, Rick Gates and Russia's embassy in Washington were among those Edwards leaked. They allege she photographed the documents before sending them to the reporter.
"Edwards was found with a flash drive containing the confidential reports when she was arrested Tuesday, the Justice Department said, along with a cellphone containing messages to the reporter.
"Investigators say that on a single day in August she 'exchanged approximately 541 messages' with the reporter via an encrypted app, and that she used the same app to send the documents during the past year."
Feds arrest senior Treasury employee for leaking Manafort and Butina banking documents to a reporter | Daily Mail Online
