https://gizmodo.com/jeremy-hammond-former-wikileaks-source-held-in-contem-1838947403
By Dell Cameron
Gizmodo.com
October 10, 2019
Former hacktivist Jeremy Hammond, a one-time WikiLeaks source, who admitted to
leaking stolen files from a private intelligence firm, was held in contempt on
Thursday after allegedly refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in the
Eastern District of Virginia.
It is not immediately clear what consequences Hammond will face or what
questions he was asked today.
"Today, in Federal Court in the Eastern District of Virginia, Jeremy Hammond
was found in contempt for refusing to answer questions posed to him by a grand
jury," his support committee said. "This grand jury is the same grand jury
currently holding Chelsea Manning in contempt for bravely refusing to answer
their questions."
Hammond, 34, pleaded guilty in 2013 to hacking the Texas-based intelligence
firm Stratfor. WikiLeaks later published the more than 5 million emails stolen
from the firm in a release it titled, "The Global Intelligence Files." He was
sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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