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posted by chromas on Saturday March 09 2019, @02:30AM   Printer-friendly

Chelsea Manning sent to jail for refusing to testify in WikiLeaks case

Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning will be held in jail until she testifies before a grand jury or that grand jury is no longer operating, a federal judge in Alexandria ruled Friday.

Most of the hearing at which prosecutors argued for Manning to be held in contempt was sealed, but the court was open to the public for Judge Claude M. Hilton's ruling. "I've found you in contempt," Hilton said. He ordered her to custody immediately, "either until you purge yourself or the end of the life of the grand jury."

Manning was called to testify in an investigation into WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy website she shared classified documents with back in 2010. Manning served seven years of a 35 year prison sentence for her leak before receiving a commutation from President Barack Obama.

Outside court before the hearing, Manning said she was prepared to go to jail. "These secret proceedings tend to favor the government," she said. "I'm always willing to explain things publicly."

Older article. Also at BBC, The Guardian, and Associated Press.


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday March 09 2019, @11:23AM

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Saturday March 09 2019, @11:23AM (#811995) Homepage Journal

    After I fired Lyin’ James Comey -- a total sleaze -- he flew back to Washington from California on the Taxpayers Dime. That wasn't right! I didn't approve of that! That was wrong. Why don't they investigate that one? It was approved by Andrew McCabe. I told him to look into that. To investigate the hell out of it. But, he didn't -- why? Instead the corrupt former leaders of the FBI, almost all fired or forced to leave the agency for some very bad reasons, opened up an investigation on me, for no reason & with NO PROOF!!

    Funny thing about Sanctimonious James Comey. Everybody wanted him fired, Republican and Democrat alike. After the rigged & botched Crooked Hillary investigation, where she was interviewed on July 4th Weekend, not recorded or sworn in, and where she said she didn’t know anything (a lie), the FBI was in complete turmoil (see N.Y. Post) because of Comey’s poor leadership and the way he handled the Clinton mess (not to mention his usurpation of powers from the Justice Department). My firing of James Comey was a great day for America. He was a Crooked Cop who is being totally protected by his best friend, Bob Mueller, & the 13 Angry Democrats -- leaking machines who have NO interest in going after the Real Collusion (and much more) by Crooked Hillary Clinton, her Campaign, and the Democratic National Committee. Just Watch!

    Will the FBI ever recover it's once stellar reputation, so badly damaged by Lyin’ James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter S and his lover, the lovely agent Lisa Page, & more, and other top officials now dismissed or fired? So many of the great men and women of the FBI have been hurt by these clowns and losers, all disgraced and/or fired and caught in the act.

    They tried to do a number on your President. Part of the Witch Hunt. Disgraced Andrew McCabe pretended to be a "poor little Angel" when in fact he was a big part of the Crooked Hillary Scandal & the Russia Hoax -- a puppet for Leakin’ James Comey. I.G. report on McCabe was devastating. Part of "insurance policy" in case I won. Many of the top FBI brass were fired, forced to leave, or left. McCabe’s wife received BIG DOLLARS ($700,000) for his wife's political run from Hillary Clinton and her representatives -- he gave Hillary a pass. McCabe is a disgrace to the FBI and a disgrace to our Country. Why didn't A.G. Sessions replace him? Drain the Swamp!

    By the way, I have been FAR tougher on Russia than Obama, Bush or Clinton. Maybe tougher than any other President. At the same time, & as I have often said, getting along with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. I fully expect that someday we will have good relations with Russia again! Working hard!

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