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Chelsea Manning was released Thursday after spending about two months behind bars, officials said.
She was released from the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center "around 5 pm today," said Amy Bertsch, spokeswoman for the sheriff's office of Alexandria, at Fox News.
Manning was found guilty of contempt of court in March and detained after refusing to testify before a federal grand jury charged with verifying WikiLeaks.
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Manning's official Twitter account also seems to have checked the information, re-tweeting an article on the subject.
"The Feds released Chelsea a few hours after the Grand Jury expired," the report said. tweeted. "@EDVAnews' prosecutors have summoned him to appear before another grand jury – but for the same issues – on May 16 – official declaration of his pending trial."
Regarding the last subpoena mentioned in the tweet, Manning's lawyers said she will refuse to testify, the Associated Press reported.
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Manning, a former US Army analyst, has asked for her release from prison earlier this week, saying she has shown her intention to stay firm and should be released. Federal law allows only a recalcitrant witness to be imprisoned for contempt of court if there is a chance that the incarceration will compel the witness to testify.
Manning had already spent seven years in jail for disclosing classified information to Wikileaks. Former President Barack Obama has finally commuted his sentence.
Ryan Gaydos of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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