A cop-hater convicted of the biggest leak of classified documents in U.S. history (no not Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Manning) has filed papers to challenge Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., for his Senate seat, the Washington Post reported.
Manning, the Post said, refused to comment on the filing.
“Our only statement on the record is ‘No statement,’ ” Manning said.
According to the Post:
Manning, 30, who was formerly known as Bradley Manning, was convicted in 2013 of the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history and was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Last year, as President Barack Obama was nearing the end of his term in office, he commuted Manning’s sentence to time served, and she was released from a military prison in Kansas.
The news of Manning’s filing caught Maryland’s political class by surprise Saturday afternoon. It was first reported in a tweet by the conservative media outlet Red Maryland.
