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BREAKING: Chelsea Manning Is Heading Back To Jail After Refusing Again To Testify About WikiLeaks buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Notwithstanding Manning's pledge not to cooperate with this or any grand jury, the judge said he believed there was still a chance that more jail time could prove coercive. "It's unfortunate we're at this point," US District Judge Anthony Trenga said buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
The judge also imposed a fine — after Manning spends 30 days in jail, a $500/day fine will kick in, and that amount will go up to $1,000/day after 60 days. The prosecutor didn't push for a fine, saying Manning could just go on social media and fundraise buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Manning told the judge that she would rather "starve to death" than change her opinion about grand juries (she has said she is philosophically opposed to the system), and added that she meant that "literally" buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Manning is set to return to the Alexandria Detention Center — her lawyer argued the jail was ill-equipped to handle Manning's medical needs, and jailing her again would put her health at risk. The govt argued they had "bent over backwards" to accomodate buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
EDVA US Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger addressed reporters after the hearing. Asked why they wanted to question Manning having already indicted Assange, he said he couldn't discuss grand jury matters, but there was a "lawfully predicated reason" buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
