In violation of the Privacy Act of 1974, the Trump administration released the unredacted military service records of Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey. It wasn’t a mistake.

The files purportedly implicate Sherrill, who is running for governor of New Jersey, in a cheating scandal in the U.S. Naval Academy. But what they actually show is that she wasn’t part of the scandal herself, but she was reprimanded for not turning in classmates who were.

That’s it. And Republicans are trying to spin that into something sinister.

According to CBS News, the documents include Sherrill’s Social Security number—which appears on almost every page— her and her parents’ home addresses, her life insurance information, past performance evaluations, and a nondisclosure agreement.

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