Julian Assange freed from jail after plea deal with US
The Wikileaks founder is expected to plead guilty to one U.S. charge and be sentenced for time served in a U.K. prison.
Julian Assange was freed from a London prison on Monday after more than five years and will not be extradited to the United States after agreeing to a plea deal with authorities.
The WikiLeaks founder agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to obtain and disclose U.S. national defense information, Reuters reported on June 24 citing U.S. prosecutors filings in the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.
In return, he is likely to be sentenced to 5 years, 3 months time served — which he’s spent in London’s Belmarsh Prison since being jailed there in April 2019.
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Author: Jesse Coghlan
