Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, reaches plea deal to avoid prison in US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has entered into a plea deal for his alleged role in a massive government data breach as part of an agreement with the Justice Department that will allow him to avoid imprisonment, according to court documents. Assange will plead guilty to one count of conspiring to obtain and disclose information related to the national defense in a federal court in Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory, this week. The guilty plea must be approved by a judge.

Assange, 52, will be sentenced to time served of 62 months, the equivalent to the prison time he spent in the United Kingdom. On Monday, his wife, Stella Assange, celebrated the deal in a social media post. 'Julian is free!!!!' she wrote on X. 'Words cannot express our immense gratitude to YOU- yes YOU, who have all mobilised for years and years to make this come true.

tHANK YOU. ' Wikileaks said Assange was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at London Stansted Airport where he boarded a plane to return to Australia. 'As he returns to Australia, we thank all who stood by us, fought for us, and remained utterly committed in the fight for his freedom. Julian's freedom is our freedom,' the group said in a social media post.

Federal prosecutors said Assange conspired with Chelsea Manning, then a U.S. Army intelligence analyst, to steal diplomatic cables and military files published in 2010 by WikiLeaks. Prosecutors had accused Assange of damaging national security by publishing documents that harmed the U.S. and its allies and aided its adversaries. Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison. President Barack Obama commuted the sentence in 2017 in the final days of his presidency.

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