FARROW: There are some saying, this is a convicted criminal, someone who betrayed the country. This isn’t someone who should be getting taxpayer-approved hormone treatment. What’s your response?

ROBINSON: “Well, as someone Ronan, who swore an oath to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States, to bear true faith and allegiance to the same, I recognize the Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment of people who are in government custody. And I recognize that courts have decided long ago that withholding medically necessary care from prisoners is cruel and unusual punishment. So this is — this is not a privilege. It is not a reward of any kind for Manning or any other prisoner. It’s a constitutional right.