Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. Army analyst who served seven years in prison for leaking a trove of classified information, was found in contempt of court and taken into custody Friday after refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks.<\/p>\n
Manning was ordered to jail by U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton after a brief hearing in which Manning confirmed she had no intention of testifying. She told the judge she will accept whatever you bring upon me.<\/p>\n
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Manning reportedly objects to the secrecy of the grand jury process andsaid she's already revealed everything she knows during her court-martial. The judge ordered Manning to remain behind bars until she testifies or until the grand jury concludes its work.<\/p>\n
\"These secret proceedings tend to favor the government,\" Manning told reporters before her hearing, according to The Washington Post. \"Im always willing to explain things publicly.\"<\/p>\n
Mannings lawyers have asked she be confined to her home instead due tothe medical complications she faces.<\/p>\n
Chelsea Manning was ordered to jail Friday, March 8, 2019, for refusing to testify to a Virginia grand jury investigating Wikileaks. (AP Photo\/Matthew Barakat)<\/p>\n
The judge,however, concluded U.S. Marshals could appropriately handle her medical care.<\/p>\n
Manning told reporters she expected to be jailed and that she had already invoked her First, Fourth and Sixth Amendment protections when she appeared before a grand jury in Alexandria on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Manning served seven years of a 35-year military sentence for leaking military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks before then-President Barack Obama commuted her sentence.<\/p>\n
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Prosecutor Tracy McCormick said Manning can easily end the incarceration on the civil charge by testifying.<\/p>\n
The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n
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