{"id":412047,"date":"2017-01-18T21:02:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T19:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=412047"},"modified":"2017-01-18T21:02:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T19:02:16","slug":"trump-is-troubled-by-chelsea-manning-commutation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/fr\/2017\/01\/trump-is-troubled-by-chelsea-manning-commutation\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump \u2018Is Troubled\u2019 By Chelsea Manning Commutation"},"content":{"rendered":"

$\"NewsHub\"$ Donald Trump is \u201ctroubled\u201d by President Obama\u2019s surprise decision to commute the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the president-elect\u2019s incoming press secretary told reporters on Wednesday.
\u201cIt\u2019s disappointing and it sends a very troubling message,\u201d Sean Spicer said during a daily press briefing.
\u201cI think the president-elect is troubled by this action.\u201d
On Tuesday, the White House announced that Obama is commuting Manning\u2019s 35 year prison sentence. Manning was convicted in 2013 of stealing nearly 1 million classified government documents while serving as an Army intelligence analyst. She gave the records to WikiLeaks in 2010, which published them on its website.
In prison, Manning, who previously went by \u201cBradley,\u201d began transitioning to a woman. That made her a sympathetic figure to many on the Left.
Many had wondered where Trump would come down on Manning\u2019s commutation, largely because the Republican praised WikiLeaks for publishing documents stolen from the Hillary Clinton campaign and DNC during the presidential campaign.
Obama\u2019s decision to commute Manning was reportedly made against the wishes of top government officials, including Sec. of Defense Ash Carter. (RELATED: Pentagon Head Clashed Fiercely With Obama Over Manning Release)
Manning will be released from prison in May.
As for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Trump may soon oversee the Australian national\u2019s fate. Last week, WikiLeaks announced that Assange would accept a U. S. extradition request if Manning was granted clemency. Assange is currently residing in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
On Tuesday, one of Assange\u2019s lawyer\u2019s said that he would follow through with that pledge. It is unclear if the U. S. has filed an extradition request for Assange, who is wanted for questioning in a sexual assault case in Sweden.
But on Wednesday, another lawyer for Assange told The Hill that Obama\u2019s commutation falls \u201cwell short of what [Assange] sought.\u201d
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