The criminal case of international intrigue, which had played out for years came to a surprise end.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves after landing at RAAF air base Fairbairn in Canberra, Australia , Wednesday, June 26 2024. to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga.
The flights were paid for by the "Assange team," Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said, adding his government played a role in facilitating the transport. It is unclear where Assange will go from Canberra and what his future plans are. His South African lawyer wife and mother of his two children, Stella Assange, has been in Australia for days awaiting her husband's release.
"He will be able to spend quality time with his wife, Stella, and his two children, be able to walk up and down the beach and feel the sand through his toes in winter, that lovely chill," Shipton told Australian Broadcasting Corp. The indictment was unsealed in 2019, but Assange's legal woes long predated the criminal case and continued well past it.
Australia Plea Deal U.S. Legal Battle Wikileaks Freedom Justice Department Publishing Secrets
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back in Australia as a free man after U.S. legal battle endsWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga.
Read more »
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia after US legal battle endsWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets.
Read more »
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia after US legal battle endsToday's Video Headlines: 6/25/24
Read more »
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia after US legal battle endsWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets. The deal with the Justice Department concludes a drawn-out legal saga.
Read more »
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia after US legal battle endsWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and…
Read more »
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia after US legal battle endsWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets.
Read more »