Chelsea Manning hospitalized after a suicide attempt in jail, her legal team said

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• Chelsea Manning was hospitalized after a suicide attempt in jail on Wednesday, her attorneys said in a statement.
• The former army analyst and whistleblower is expected in court on Friday. 
• Her hearing this week will revolve around whether the civil contempt charges for her refusal to testify in a grand jury trial last year should be dropped. 
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Whistleblower Chelsea Manning was hospitalized after a suicide attempt in jail on Wednesday, her legal team said in a statement. Manning is recovering, according to her legal team. 

Manning is a former US army analyst who leaked classified information to WikiLeaks in 2010. Her sentence was commuted by former President Barack Obama in 2017, but she was arrested and jailed in May 2019 after she refused to testify before a grand jury related to a federal case against WikiLeaks. 

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