ABC News’ Juju Chang Will Sit Down With Chelsea Manning for First Exclusive Television Interview Since Her Prison Release

ABC News’ Juju Chang Will Sit Down With Chelsea Manning for First Exclusive Television Interview Since Her Prison Release

ABC NEWS’ JUJU CHANG WILL SIT DOWN WITH CHELSEA MANNING FOR FIRST EXCLUSIVE TELEVISION INTERVIEW SINCE HER PRISON RELEASE

Interview Will Air in June on a Special Edition of ‘Nightline’
and Across ABC News Platforms

Transgender U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning will speak exclusively with ABC News’ Juju Chang for the first televised interview since her release from the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The interview will air in June on a special edition of “Nightline,” with portions airing on “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight with David Muir,” ABC News Radio, ABC NewsOne, the ABC News apps, streaming platforms and ABCNews.com. Chang will also speak with members of Manning’s team who fought relentlessly for her freedom.

Hours before Manning’s release from prison, she gave an exclusive statement to ABC News, saying, “I appreciate the wonderful support that I have received from so many people across the world over these past years. As I rebuild my life, I remind myself not to relive the past. The past will always affect me, and I will keep that in mind while remembering that how it played out is only my starting point, not my final destination.”

Manning’s incarceration was longer than any whistleblower in U.S. history. After releasing approximately 750,000 classified and sensitive military records to WikiLeaks in 2010, she served seven years of her commuted 35-year sentence, which included time in solitary confinement as a disciplinary measure for attempting suicide. She sought and received treatment for gender dysphoria and was on hormones for two years while behind bars in a men’s prison.