US prosecutors have filed criminal paperwork against the Wikileaks founder that is typically a preliminary step before a plea deal
Julian Assange greets supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2017. The Wikileaks founder is expected to plead guilty to violating espionage law.Julian Assange greets supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2017. The Wikileaks founder is expected to plead guilty to violating espionage law.is expected to plead guilty this week to violating US espionage law, in a deal that could end his imprisonment in Britain and allow him to return home to Australia.
Assange is due to be sentenced at a hearing on the island of Saipan at 9am local time on Wednesday . He is likely to be credited for the time he has already served and face no new jail time.of classified US military documents on Washington’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq – the largest security breaches of their kind in US military history – along with swaths of diplomatic cables.
The charges against Assange sparked outrage among his many global supporters who have long argued that Assange as the publisher ofMany press freedom advocates have argued that criminally charging Assange represents a threat to free speech.
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