Judge orders Chelsea Manning’s release from jail in Virginia – By Martin Pengelly (The Guardian) / March 12 2020
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A federal judge has ordered that Chelsea Manning be released from jail in Virginia.
The former US army analyst who leaked hundreds of thousands of documents and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks in 2010 had been held since May last year, when she was taken back into custody for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating the pro-transparency organisation.
A hearing had been due on Friday.
Ordering Manning’s release, Judge Anthony J Trenga wrote: “The court finds Ms Manning’s appearance before the grand jury is no longer needed, in light of which her detention no longer serves any coercive purpose.”
Trenga rejected a request by Manning to cancel fines imposed for her refusal to testify, ordering instead that a judgment be entered against Manning for $256,000.
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