Wikileaks: Julian Assange freed in US plea deal
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Wikileaks said its founder had left a UK prison after striking a deal to plead guilty to US criminal charges.

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.

  • NateNate60@lemmy.world
    8·
    5 months ago

    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.

    • Varyk
      6·
      5 months ago

      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.