Reality Winner, the federal contractor arrested Saturday for allegedly sending a classified NSA report to an online news outlet,

In a court hearing, prosecutors the Washington Post reported. Prosecutors also said they , Reuters reported, although they added

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Prosecutors also argued Winner if she were released.

Winner, who for and , pleaded not guilty to the charges during her her arrest.



Photo: Lincoln County Sheriff's Office in Georgia

Hours after the bombshell report was published, the Department of Justice announced . It was later

Winner an FBI agent wrote in an affidavit Investigators are also looking into whether Winner had additional classified material.

Winner's attorney, Titus Nichols, accused the government of "scraping and clawing to build a mountain out of a molehill," according to t

Winner's parents also criticized the case.

"I don't know that she did this, none of th

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