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  • Appeals court rejects Chelsea Manning appeal of contempt order

    04/22/2019 9:01:39 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 22 replies
    The Hill ^ | April 22, 2019 | Jacqueline Thomsen
    A federal appeals court has denied Chelsea Manning’s request to overturn an order finding her in contempt for refusing to testifying before a grand jury. The order, issued Monday, rejected Manning’s argument that a judge improperly denied her request to say whether she was illegally electronically surveilled after she was convicted in 2013 for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks. “Upon consideration of the memorandum briefs filed on appeal and the record of proceedings in the district court, the court finds no error in the district court’s rulings and affirms its finding of civil contempt,” the order reads. “The court also...