Obama Frees "Chelsea" Manning and 273 More Criminals
By Rick Pearcey • January 18, 2017, 11:18 AM
Charles Spiering writes at Breitbart:
President Barack Obama announced his plan to free Chelsea Manning (who changed his name from Bradley) after leaking classified military documents to Wikileaks and being sentenced to 35 years for his crimes.
Once in prison, Manning went on a hunger strike to demand sex change surgery in prison, which was granted by officials at the cost of American taxpayers.
Obama included Manning on a list of prisoner commutations announced late Tuesday afternoon, allowing him to be set free on May 17, 2017.
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