I mean to say, the same crime as Don McGahn. Refusing to testify.
Look, you can’t just not testify. That’s against the law. We have had Chelsea Manning in jail, despite Obama letting her go years ago by commuting her sentence, because she won’t testify in a new trial.
Obama commutes sentence:
www.nytimes.com/…
That’s the link.
Manning is arrested for not testirying:
www.businessinsider.com/…
That’s the link
Manning is essentially being tortured for her unwillingness to testify.
See this link:
theintercept.com/…
There are many on this site who have responded to my mentioning this story in various diaries in a way that seems to show that they don’t know Manning’s sentence was commuted. They seem to think she is in jail because of her earlier crimes. Is it really true that Kossacks believe Manning is still in jail for her original crimes? Are we that ahistorical?
No, our president, Barack Obama let her go. She has been rearrested and is only in prison for not being willing to testify against wikileaks.
You may say, let her rot, wikileaks sucks. Fine, but are you in the streets about the white house “four” who we need to testify in the senate? Are we really ok with imprisoning americans for this crime but letting the leadership go?
Why are we willing to let that happen but let McGahn, Bolton, Mulvaney and others simply walk free?
Come on folks, it is time for some consistency in our rhetoric. Free Chelsea Manning or arrest Trump’s lackies.
One or the other. Now.