News list for "WikiLeaks"
On June 25th, local time on June 24th, the Department of Justice said in a letter to a federal judge that "WikiLeaks" founder Julian Assange has pleaded guilty to violating the Espionage Act and is expected to appear in a US court in the Northern Mariana Islands in the next few days. It is reported that the plea agreement will be finalized on the 26th local time. As part of the plea agreement, Department of Justice prosecutors recommended that Assange be sentenced to 62 months in prison.
WikiLeaks said on social media that on the morning of June 24 local time, WikiLeaks founder Assange left Belmarsh prison in London, England, where he spent 1,901 days. He was released on bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted Airport in the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and left the UK. Earlier media reports said Assange had agreed to plead guilty in exchange for being spared jail time in the United States. He is expected to return to Australia after pleading guilty,...
