No, not Donald Trump. The current president:
NBC says Chelsea Manning, currently 6+ years into a 35-year sentence, is on Obama's short list for commutation https://t.co/Bo2rZUFlPX
— Matt Ford (@fordm) January 11, 2017
This would be a commutation of the sentence, not a pardon:
If Obama commutes Manning sentence: conviction stands but punishment reduced; not a pardon
— Cynthia McFadden (@CynthiaMcFadden) January 11, 2017
Manning was convicted of stealing classified information and leaking it to WikiLeaks, which is just perfect because President Obama and Dems have been telling us for weeks just how dangerous WikiLeaks is so naturally he would pardon one of the group’s biggest enablers and set a precedent for lenient treatment of treasonous activity:
"Wikileaks is a Russian front who hacked the election, costing Hillary the WH. They are enemies of the state"
Obama – "Hold my beer" https://t.co/D2JaJ40kbT
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 11, 2017
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