Clemency

Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison for trying to sell the US Senate seat vacated by former Senator Obama when he was elected president in 2008.

Fox News reported early Friday about the commutation of 63 year old Alice Marie Johnson’s life sentence (without parole) and the release of this woman from prison where she had spent 22 years of her life.  The President commuted the sentence after socialite celebrity Kim Kardashian West met with Mr. Trump a few days ago.
Mrs. Johnson’s response? She was extremely grateful and spoke publicly promising the Commander-in-Chief, “I will make you proud.”

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appears at the window before speaking on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016.
(REPORT) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange last week offered to submit himself to extradition to the United States in return for clemency for whistleblower Chelsea Manning. After President Obama commuted Manning’s sentence yesterday, Assange’s status became the next obvious question.

Marchers carry a large painting of American Indian Leonard Peltier during a “National Day of Mourning,” Thursday, Nov. 22, 2001, in Plymouth, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

On Tuesday, outgoing President Obama commuted the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning.
Chelsea Manning was convicted in 2013 of leaking classified documents about US national security activities to WikiLeaks.
The 35-year sentence handed down to the former army soldier was the longest ever imposed for a leak conviction.
Manning has served seven years of that 35 year sentence, and will now be released on May 17, 2017.

Will Julian Assange agree to extradition as Wikileaks previously tweeted a week ago?
It appear that Assange may hold true to this tweet.
As a reminder, here was what Wikileaks tweeted on January 12, 2017…

21st Century Wire says…
Judging by Julian Assange’s Twitter page activity, it appears as though he may follow through with his promise to agree to US extradition if Obama grants Manning clemency.
Assange’s Lawyer, Melinda Taylor, was quoted in a Wikileaks Tweet (below) that “Everything that he has said, he’s standing by.”