Obama Tries to Defend Commutation of Chelsea Manning’s Prison Sentence

Mike Pence isn’t pleased with Barack Obama’s commutation of Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence:

Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Wednesday called President Obama’s commutation of Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence “a mistake,” calling the former army intelligence analyst a “traitor.”

“To commute Private Manning’s sentence was a mistake,” Pence told Bret Baier of Fox News for an interview set to air Wednesday night. “Private Manning is a traitor and should not have been turned into a martyr, as Sen. Cotton said.”

It seems the only person Obama didn’t pardon or grant clemency to was Edward Snowden. But don’t give the president too much credit. According to the White House, he never applied.

In Obama’s last press conference as president, he had to defend the controversial decision to commute Chelsea Manning’s sentence. according to the president, an example was made and she had served enough time. Watch him try in the video below:

Watch Obama defend his decision in the video below:

Source: Washington Examiner