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    Julian Assange walks free from court after pleading guilty in US deal

    by Pa Reporters Jun 26, 2024 5 minutes
    Source: AP

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has walked free from a US court after pleading guilty to one charge in a deal that resolves a long-running legal case over the publication of classified documents.

    Assange appeared before a judge in the US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific just after midnight on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to a single felony charge after the US dropped 17 other espionage charges against him.

    He admitted to his role in the conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act and was sentenced to time already served in a British prison.

    Assange wore a dark coloured suit and did not answer questions from reporters on the short walk into and out of the court.

    The court hearing followed his dramatic release from in on Monday where he has

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