Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has said President Donald Trump's administration wants 'to go after journalists' after she was released from a northern Virginia jail on May 7.

Manning was interviewed by CNN's Brian Stelter on Sunday on Reliable Sources after she spent 62 days at the Alexandria Detention Center on civil contempt charges for refusing to answer questions before a federal grand jury investigating WikiLeaks.

Manning was released only because the grand jury's term expired, and may end up back in custody this week.

Before she left the jail she received another subpoena demanding her testimony on May 16 to a new grand jury, which she has said she plans to ignore.

Opinions on her stand were divided, with some calling her a traitor and others offering her support, including The Action Network, which has created a donation site to help fund Manning's legal costs related to the case.

Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who was detained for refusing to testify before a grand jury, has said the Trump administration 'clearly wants to go after journalists.' Manning told CNN's Brain Stelter on Sunday that reporters now are 'on notice now that the FBI and the Department of Justice are going to go after them on administration's behalf'

'This administration clearly wants to go after journalists,' Manning told Stelter.

'I think that if the administration gets its way as it's laid out in repeated statements — like, "the media is the enemy of the people" kind of thing — you know, then I think that we're going to see the national security journalists and a lot of disruptive, for this administration, press — we're probably going to see indictments and charges.

'Whenever a journalist makes a misstep, I think that they are put on notice now that the FBI and the Department of Justice are going to go after them on administration's behalf.'

Manning made the comments while defending her refusal to comply with a previous grand jury subpoena in a case related to WikiLeaks.

Manning was released on May 7 from a northern Virginia jail after 62 days in custody for contempt over refusing to testify about her disclosure of military and diplomatic secrets to WikiLeaks in 2010. Manning could soon return to jail, as she confirmed that she would again refuse to testify in response to a separate subpoena received for a second grand jury while she was in jail

Detractors came out in full force when Stelter announced his Sunday interview with the whistleblower.

One person wrote, 'Why are you giving people aligned with America’s biggest foreign adversary a megaphone to amplify their lies and propaganda? Anyone aligned with Wikileaks is bad news, and is actively trying to weaken our Republic. Shame on you, Brian'

Yet another person said, 'You know their is a ton of evidence she’s a remorseless criminal. That you give her a platform like this is unbelievable and not journalism. You are literally aiding america’s enemies'

A person whose Twitter biography described them as a 'proud liberal democrat' wrote, 'Unless she is willing to testify under oath, and tell the whole truth, this is just a publicity stunt. No thanks'

Manning made the comments while defending her refusal to comply with a previous grand jury subpoena in a case related to WikiLeaks. Manning is shown in her booking photo

Detractors came out in full force when Stelter announced his Sunday interview with the whistleblower.

'Giving Chelsea Manning free airtime (when she refuses to testify to a Grand Jury) and retweeting Greenwald from the Intercept...not a good look Brian,' one person tweeted, referring to journalist Glenn Greenwald.

Another person wrote, 'Why are you giving people aligned with America’s biggest foreign adversary a megaphone to amplify their lies and propaganda? Anyone aligned with Wikileaks is bad news, and is actively trying to weaken our Republic. Shame on you, Brian.'

Yet another person said, 'You know their is a ton of evidence she’s a remorseless criminal. That you give her a platform like this is unbelievable and not journalism. You are literally aiding america’s enemies.'

A person whose Twitter biography described them as a 'proud liberal democrat' wrote, 'Unless she is willing to testify under oath, and tell the whole truth, this is just a publicity stunt. No thanks.'

On the flip side, one Twitter user wrote in reply to Stelter announcing the interview, '@xychelsea is a hero. Thanks for giving her a voice'

Another person write, 'Chelsea calls out murder for what it is, she is slandered as a "traitor", and bigots across the country call for her head. My, my— where have I seen this before? Besides throughout all of human history, that is'

Twitter user Srećko Horvat called Manning's release 'good news,' but cautioned that it might be short-lived since she has been subpoenaed again. Manning confirmed on Sunday to Stelter that she will again refuse to answer questions before a grand jury

On the flip side, one Twitter user wrote in reply to Stelter announcing the interview, '@xychelsea is a hero. Thanks for giving her a voice.'

Another person wrote, 'Chelsea calls out murder for what it is, she is slandered as a "traitor", and bigots across the country call for her head. My, my— where have I seen this before? Besides throughout all of human history, that is.'

Twitter user Srećko Horvat called Manning's release 'good news,' but cautioned that it might be short-lived.

'But be aware she could be back in jail within a week, Horvat wrote. 'Why? Because she is one of the most principled whistleblowers and refuses to testify against #WikiLeaks and #JulianAssange still jailed in British Guantanamo.'

Manning confirmed on Sunday to Stelter that she will again refuse to answer questions before a grand jury. This means she could face another term of incarceration, as she was subpoenaed to testify before another grand jury on May 16.

'Unfortunately, even prior to her release, Chelsea was served with another subpoena. This means she is expected to appear before a different grand jury, on Thursday, May 16,' Sparrow Project quoted Manning's legal team as saying.

'Chelsea will continue to refuse to answer questions,' her legal team said.

'It is therefore conceivable that she will once again be held in contempt of court,' and returned to the Alexandria Detention Center possibly as soon as May 16.

Manning could face another term of incarceration, as she was subpoenaed to testify before another grand jury on May 16

Manning has previously said she had 'ethical' objections to the grand jury system and had answered all questions about her involvement with WikiLeaks years ago.

Manning was ordered to testify earlier this year for an investigation examining actions by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2010, according to her own description, inadvertent court revelations and media reports.

At the time Manning, a transgender woman then known as Bradley Manning, was a military intelligence analyst.

Manning served seven years in a military prison after being convicted by court martial under the Espionage Age for leaking more than 700,000 classified documents to WikiLeaks. The documents exposed cover-ups of possible war crimes and revealed internal US communications about other countries.

Sentenced in 2013 to 35 years in prison, she was released in May 2017 after the commutation of her sentence by president Barack Obama.

Manning had been behind bars since March 8 after she refused to testify before a grand jury earlier this year for an investigation examining actions by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (pictured) in 2010, according to her own description, inadvertent court revelations and media reports

Last week, Manning's lawyers filed court papers arguing that she should not be jailed for civil contempt because she has proven that she will stick to her principles and won't testify no matter how long she's jailed. Federal law only allows a recalcitrant witness to be jailed on civil contempt if there's a chance that the incarceration will coerce the witness into testifying. Manning is shown in a file photo during her military service

Assange was removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in April, where he had been seeking asylum for seven years. He was arrested for a long-standing charge of skipping bail related to Swedish sexual assault charges.

Assange was found guilty in April of breaking those bail conditions, and sentenced on May 1 to 50 weeks in jail.

After Assange was taking into custody, it was later revealed that a US grand jury had indicted Assange in March of 2018 on conspiracy charges related to his alleged involvement with Manning in cracking a military computer system's password.

The U.S. began its extradition case against Assange on May 2.

Last week, Manning's lawyers filed court papers arguing that she should not be jailed for civil contempt because she has proven that she will stick to her principles and won't testify no matter how long she's jailed.

Federal law only allows a recalcitrant witness to be jailed on civil contempt if there's a chance that the incarceration will coerce the witness into testifying.

If a judge were to determine that incarcerating Manning were punitive rather than coercive, Manning would not be jailed.

'At this point, given the sacrifices she has already made, her strong principles, her strong and growing support community, and the disgrace attendant to her capitulation, it is inconceivable that Chelsea Manning will ever change her mind about her refusal to cooperate with the grand jury,' her lawyers wrote.

Manning filed an eight-page statement with the court on May 6, outlining her resolve.

She wrote that 'cooperation with this grand jury is simply not an option. Doing so would mean throwing away all of my principles, accomplishments, sacrifices, and erase decades of my reputation - an obvious impossibility.'

She also said she was suffering disproportionately in jail because of physical problems related with inadequate follow-up care to gender-reassignment surgery.