The congresswoman said the former Army intelligence analyst’s solitary confinement is “torture.”
By Rachel Weiner Rachel Weiner Local reporter covering federal court in Alexandria, Va. and local court in Arlington and Alexandria. Email Bio Follow April 2 at 4:57 PM Chelsea Manning is urging an appeals court to let her out of jail while she fights a contempt ruling, a challenge that won support Tuesday from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez .
“To infer that she is being tortured is a discredit to the care that staff have put into her well-being,” he said. She suggested that prosecutors are seeking to undermine her credibility as a possible defense witness and have spied on her to do so. Her lawyers added that no amount of time in jail will induce Manning to cooperate in the WikiLeaks probe. Civil contempt is meant to be coercive, not punitive.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
129 seconds that perfectly explain why liberals go wild for Alexandria Ocasio-CortezOn the day that the Senate rejected -- by a vote of 0-57 -- the broad strokes of the so-called 'Green New Deal,' New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D), one of the leading voices for the legislation, went off on those who mock the effort as nothing more than an elitist fantasy.
Read more »
'People are dying': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defends Green New DealRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., gave an impassioned defense of her climate change concerns after Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., called the Green New Deal 'elitist.'
Read more »
'This is America': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shares horror at hundreds of migrant families trapped at border'When you're looking at this photo, you're looking at a mirror,' New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said.
Read more »
Elizabeth Warren meets with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in WashingtonSen. Elizabeth Warren met with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive freshman lawmaker from New York, in Washington on Thursday.
Read more »
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elizabeth Warren poke fun at CNN reporter's scoop about their lunch together'BREAKING: We had labneh,' replied Ocasio-Cortez.
Read more »
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls out 'far-right propaganda machine…dedicated to maligning me'Ocasio-Cortez said she is being targeted by 'a whole cable news channel and a dark-money internet operation propped up by the Mercers.'
Read more »
It's official: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the new Republican bogeymanAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the new Republican bogeyman (or bogeywoman) of choice | Analysis by CillizzaCNN
Read more »