Former US Army analyst Chelsea Manning will be returned to prison on a federal court order for "obstruction of justice" after she refused to answer questions about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
A representative of her legal team said this after the hearing before the court in Alexandria.
Judge Anthony Trenga said Manning could pay a fine of $500 a day if she continues to refuse to testify after 30 days in jail, and the fine could increase to $1.000 a day after 60 days behind bars.
Chelsea Manning spent seven years in prison because in 2010 she handed over more than 750.000 US diplomatic and military documents to WikiLeaks, the publication of which embarrassed Washington.
She was sent to prison on March 8 this year after she refused to testify before a grand jury in the Assange investigation, calling the procedure "non-transparent" and undemocratic.
One of the main tools of the American justice system, grand juries are formed in the most serious criminal investigations and must conduct the investigation in the utmost secrecy.
Manning was released from prison a week ago on a technicality, as the mandate of the grand jury that called her to testify had expired.
However, in the meantime, a new investigative jury was formed to continue the investigation.
She refused to cooperate again yesterday.
"I'm not giving up on my principles, I'd rather literally starve to death than change my mind," Manning told the judge.
The judge responded that there was nothing "dishonorable" about fulfilling a civic duty.
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