Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning's lawyers are asking a federal judge to reconsider his decision to remand her to prison for refusing to testify before a grand jury in the WikiLeaks probe. The judge ordered Manning to the Alexandria Detention Center earlier in May, where she could face up to 18 months in prison, the length of the grand jury term unless she agrees to cooperate with the investigation sooner. "After the submission of the extradition packet, the need for Ms. Manning's testimony will diminish ... precipitously," Manning's attorneys wrote in a motion filed on Friday. Manning previously spent two months in prison in March for not cooperating with the grand jury and refusing to testify against Assange but was released when the grand jury term was up, before being sent to prison again in May. Manning was found guilty of espionage and theft in 2013 and was sentenced to 35 years in prison after she leaked classified documents to Assange.

Source: Fox News May 31, 2019 21:24 UTC