Jeremy Hammond, Former WikiLeaks Source, Held in Contempt

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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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