Manning was ultimately charged with 22 offenses, including
aiding the enemy, which was the most serious charge and could have resulted in a
death sentence.
[11] She was held at the
Marine Corps Brig, Quantico in Virginia, from July 2010 to April 2011, under Prevention of Injury status—which entailed
de facto solitary confinement and other restrictions that caused domestic and international concern
[12]—before being transferred to the
Joint Regional Correctional Facility at
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where she could interact with other detainees.
[13] She pleaded guilty in February 2013 to 10 of the charges.
[14] The
trial on the remaining charges began on June 3, 2013, and on July 30 she was convicted of 17 of the original charges and amended versions of four others, but was acquitted of aiding the enemy.
[15] She was sentenced to serve a 35-year sentence at the maximum-security
U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth.
[16][17] On January 17, 2017, President
Barack Obama commuted Manning's sentence to nearly seven years of confinement dating from her arrest on May 27, 2010 by military authorities.
[18][19] In January 2018, Chelsea Manning announced her candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for the
United States Senate seat from her home state of
Maryland now held by Senator
Ben Cardin.
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