Unic Press UK: President Obama, on Tuesday, the 17th January 2016, granted presidential clemency to Chelsea Manning [a transgender Army intelligence analyst, who was convicted of leaking U.S. military secrets]. Manning will be freed from prison custody on 17th May 2016, rather than 2045.
So, the eyes of many are beaming on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who made public that should Manning be granted clemency, he would accept extradition to the United States to face prosecution.
If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case https://t.co/MZU30SlfGK
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 12, 2017
As of this moment, it is yet unclear whether Assange, who is taking refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, United Kingdom, would submit to extradition to the U.S. given the message that was released on twitter by his lawyer, Melinda Taylor.
Statement from Julian #Assange regarding decision of President Obama to commute the sentence of Chelsea Manning pic.twitter.com/HKtbs0pOpF
— Melinda Taylor (@theMTchair) January 18, 2017