Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Reaches Plea Deal to Avoid Further Prison Time

He is set to make an appearance in a U.S. Court in the Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday.
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Reaches Plea Deal to Avoid Further Prison Time
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a police van, after he was arrested by British police, in London on April 11, 2019. Henry Nicholls/Reuters
Tom Ozimek
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in which he will plead guilty to a conspiracy charge, allowing him to avoid extradition to the United States and walk free in lieu of time already served behind bars, according to court documents.

The plea agreement, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean, indicates that Mr. Assange was charged with one count of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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