When Chelsea Manning first came to talk to the about 6 members of the media there (including me) I said “I can’t believe this is everyone.”
“That’s what happens. It’s cold,” Manning replied. pic.twitter.com/xmIDPCRBTu
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) March 8, 2019
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been sent to jail for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating Wikileaks.
U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton ordered Manning to jail for contempt of court on Friday after a brief hearing in which Manning confirmed she has no intention of testifying. She told the judge she “will accept whatever you bring upon me.”
Manning has said she objects to the secrecy of the grand jury process, and that she already revealed everything she knows at her court-martial.
The judge said she will remain jailed until she testifies or until the grand jury concludes its work.