Julian Assange Latest | WikiLeaks Founder Pleads Guilty To US Espionage Charge | N18G

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has walked free from a court in the US Pacific island territory of Saipan, after pleading guilty to violating US espionage law. The plea deal has left him free to return home to Australia and brings an end to a 14-year legal saga. The Saipan federal district court accepted a plea deal reached between Assange and the US government, under terms which required him to admit guilt to one criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defence documents. In return he was sentenced to time served, with no supervisory period or financial penalty, due to time already served in Belmarsh prison in London. After the hearing, Assange flew out of Saipan, for Canberra. #assange #julian #wikileaks #saipan #usa #australia #news18 News18 Mobile App -