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Chelsea Manning Released From Jail, But

Thousands of people have contributed to a GoFundMe campaign launched by a friend of U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, who was released from jail Thursday and faces over a quarter million dollars in legal fines for her refusal to testify to a grand jury about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Federal Judge Anthony Trenga ordered Manning’s immediate release less than 24 hours after she was hospitalized for attempting suicide. While welcoming that decision, some of Manning’s supporters pointed out that Trenga also ordered Manning to pay the $256,000 in fines she has accrued. Manning’s friend Kelly Wright, who was the communications director for the whistleblower’s 2018 U.S. Senate bid, set up the fundraiser with the aim of fully covering the court-imposed fines. As of press time, more than 2,300 donors had collectively given over $93,400 to the effort.

— source | Mar 13, 2020

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