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Important: That link is _not_ intended for donations towards paying the fine, but rather Ms. Manning's legal defense!



Do you have more information about this? I saw this link posted a lot in response to this question, but no actual details.


Just follow the link... it says:

> What will funds go toward specifically?

> We will need legal funds for Chelsea’s legal fees, and legal costs such as court transcripts and travel, and commissary.


Whats the difference? She needs x amounts of money.


Right, but the primary reason you would support Manning is because you believe the government is in the wrong and that the $256k is considered coercive because the government is using it to pressure her into doing something that isn't in her best interest in regards to a fair trial.

So the goal would be to pay lawyer fees to fight the $256k of fees.


> doing something that isn't in her best interest in regards to a fair trial

You're aware she's been granted immunity, right?


No she hasn't. That is, she was not made immune to incarceration and confiscation of money - which is what the federal state did to her. She was only immune from prosecution about what she says in her testimony. However... she had already been prosecuted for her actions and did a lot of jail time.

Plus, you don't rat people out because you've been granted personal "immunity".


The link above goes to paying her legal team. Her fine will come from her own funds separately. Your lawyers don't pay your fines, you do personally.

Ideally, her legal team or someone would put up a separate fundraiser for her fine, that goes specifically to paying that. I for one would definitely donate.


Many fundraising platforms explicitly forbid raising funds to pay criminal fines.


We need a paypal link and a github pages site, not necessarily a kickstarter. She's a high profile enough case to not need a dedicated platform.


In France, during the yellow vest protest, there was a similar online crowd-founding for a boxer who did fight with a cop and was sentenced to pay a fine.

From what I remember, with some crowd-funding platforms, it is against Terms Of Service to rise money to pay sentence's fine. I do not remember if laws in France forbid it or if it's for other reasons.

Here are some links about it :

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46794480

https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/2181379/forme...


Guess be can only pay the fees and the other more general. Paying criminal fees is a bit no no.




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