WASHINGTON (AP) – A lawyer for Chelsea Manning says the former intelligence analyst tried to take her own life Wednesday, but was transported to a hospital where she is recovering.
Manning has been in jail since May for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks.
She was scheduled to appear in court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Friday for a hearing on a motion to terminate the civil contempt sanctions stemming from that refusal.
Manning served seven years in a military prison for leaking a trove of documents to WikiLeaks before President Barack Obama commuted the remainder of her 35-year sentence in 2017.
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