WikiLeaks founder Assange pleads guilty to espionage charge ahead of expected release

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Assange had agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defense documents, according to filings in the US District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands

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Assange, 52, arrived at the court house in a white SUV. He was wearing a black suit and smiled as he walked past security with his team and Australia’s ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd. The US territory in the western Pacific was chosen due to Assange’s opposition to traveling to the mainland US and for its proximity to Australia, prosecutors said.

 

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