Assange To Be Freed: DoJ Agrees 'Time Served' Plea Deal With WikiLeaks Founder
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Assange To Be Freed: DoJ Agrees 'Time Served' Plea Deal With WikiLeaks Founder In a shocking turn of events, Julian Assange will plead guilty to leaking US national security secrets and return to his native Australia, under a deal with Biden's DoJ that ends a nearly 15-year battle nightmare for the WikiLeaks founder. After spending more than a decade holed up and imprisoned in London - mainly to avoid being sent to the US - Assange, 52, is expected to be sentenced to time served (62 months in a Belmarsh...
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