WikiLeaks founder julian assange will agree to be extradited to the United States to face possible espionage charges if President Obama grants clemency to military document leaker Chelsea Manning.

Manning, a transgender former U.S. solider, is serving a 35-year sentence for handing 700,000 sensitive military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks.

'If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ (US Department of Justice) case,' WikiLeaks wrote on Twitter on Thursday.

Julian Assange will agree to be extradited to the United States to face possible espionage charges if President Obama grants clemency to military document leaker Chelsea Manning

Assange has been living in the Ecuadoran embassy in London since June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations.

Manning, who went by the name Bradley Manning before her transition, is reportedly on Obama's short list for a possible commutation of sentence.

She has already made two suicide attempts while incarcerated at the maximum-security US Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth and went on a hunger strike last year in an attempt to get officials to allow her to undergo gender reassignment surgery.

Manning, a transgender former U.S. solider, is serving a 35-year sentence for handing 700,000 sensitive military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks.

Manning, who went by the name Bradley Manning (right) before her transition, is reportedly on Obama's short list for a possible commutation of sentence

Manning's supporters have long argued that the 35-year sentence in a maximum security correctional facility was excessive.

Her supporters are hoping Obama will pardon her before leaving office but the White House has said the president will not be granting the former solider clemency.

High-profile government whistleblower, Edward Snowden, also made an appeal to Obama on Manning's behalf this week.

'Mr. President, if you grant only one act of clemency as you exit the White House, please: free Chelsea Manning. You alone can save her life,' the former NSA contractor said in a tweet.

Manning, pictured in 2013, is serving a 35-year sentence for handing 700,000 sensitive military and diplomatic documents