Chelsea Manning thanked Barack Obama on Thursday morning, two days after the outgoing president commuted her 35-year military prison sentence. Barack Obama: 'justice served' by Chelsea Manning commutation Read more“Thank you @BarackObama for giving me a chance,” she wrote. Chelsea Manning (@xychelsea) Thank you @BarackObama for giving me a chance. On Wednesday, during his last press conference as president, Obama said Manning’s sentence was “very disproportionate relative to what other leakers have received”. Manning, a transgender woman, was serving her sentence at a male military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Source: The Guardian January 19, 2017 17:36 UTC