After a years-long legal saga, Wikileaks says that founder Julian Assange has left the UK after reaching a deal with US authorities that will see him plead guilty to criminal charges and go free.
Assange, 52, was charged with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information […]
Assange will spend no time in US custody and will receive credit for the time spent incarcerated in the UK.
[He] will return to Australia, according to a letter from the justice department.
Oh, that’s nice.
Alford plea?
Wow. he shouldn’t have been charged at all, but at least he’s being released finally.
Wow What a hell of a saga for him.
I think there might’ve been some pressure from the top. If William Barr was Attorney-General and Trump was President, then I’m sure they’d have thrown the book at him.
I agree.
That’s kind of what I meant, I’m really glad that this administration took the initiative to allow him liberty again since I don’t think he deserved the charges in the first place.
Apparently the Australian PM discussed it with Biden personally