Chelsea Manning To Run For Senate

After given a second chance by former President Obama, Chelsea Manning is now vying to run for the US senate election in Maryland.

Chelsea Manning, 30 was a former US intelligence analyst, but was jailed for leaking classified documents to Wikileaks. He was then sentenced to a 35 years in behind bars after he was found guilty of 20 charges, including espionage.

      

Chelsea Manning previously knew as Bradley Manning, will challenge incumbent Democratic senator, Ben Cardin for the nomination. 

In 2010, Manning was arrested in Iraq after he shared more than 700,000 confidential documents, videos, and diplomatic cable with Wikileaks.