Manning will be released in May as opposed to serving the entirety of the 35-year sentence she was handed. Assange has been in Ecuador’s London Embassy since 2012. Obama said Manning, who was responsible for the largest leak of classified materials in U.S. history, “had served a tough prison term and that justice had been served” and denied the commutation was connected to Assange’s offer.
Assange said the case against him should be dropped or the charges unsealed.