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Chelsea Manning Has Been Set Free but Is Facing a New Subpoena

Her attorneys say she will again refuse to answer questions before a grand jury, which could land her back in jail.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA - MARCH 5:Chelsea Manning leaves the Albert V. Bryan U.S. District Courthouse on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Alexandria, VA. Manning has been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in the investigation of Julian Assange, officials said, one of several indicators that prosecutors remain interested in WikiLeaks publication of diplomatic cables and military war logs in 2010. Manning unsuccessfully attempted to have the subpoena squashed.(Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
By Jeff Taylor
May 10, 2019 / 1:05 PM

Chelsea Manning has been freed after spending over a month in jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.

The anti-secrecy advocate and former Army intelligence analyst objected to the process and said she already revealed everything she knew during her 2013 court-martial.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA - MARCH 5:Chelsea Manning leaves the Albert V. Bryan U.S. District Courthouse on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Alexandria, VA. Manning has been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in the investigation of Julian Assange, officials said, one of several indicators that prosecutors remain interested in WikiLeaks publication of diplomatic cables and military war logs in 2010. Manning unsuccessfully attempted to have the subpoena squashed.(Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Manning was released Thursday afternoon after the grand jury's term expired. However, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Virginia has subpoenaed her to appear before a new grand jury panel, according to her attorneys.

"It is therefore conceivable that she will once again be held in contempt of court, and be returned to the custody of the Alexandria Detention Center, possibly as soon as next Thursday, May 16," her lawyers said in a statement.

"Chelsea will continue to refuse to answer questions, and will use every available legal defense to prove to District Judge Trenga that she has just cause for her refusal to give testimony."

A more detailed statement from Manning is forthcoming, they added.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 03: A van with a billboard in support of American whistleblower Chelsea Manning and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is driven around Westminster on April 3, 2019 in London, England. On Tuesday Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno said Mr Assange "repeatedly violated" the terms of his asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has lived for almost 7 years. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

A van with a billboard in support of American whistleblower Chelsea Manning and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is driven around Westminster on April 3, 2019 in London, England.

Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking classified military intelligence records to Assange, but her sentence was commuted by former President Barack Obama in 2017, after seven years imprisonment.

Assange was physically removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy and arrested last month. Just hours after the arrest, the United States government unsealed an indictment against him.

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