WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has pleaded guilty to a single felony charge of violating the Espionage Act in a U.S. federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, on Wednesday. The plea deal, reached with the U.S. Justice Department, ensures Assange will avoid further prison time. Assange, who had been detained in Britain, left the country on Monday and flew to the Northern Mariana Islands for the court appearance. The agreement concludes a prolonged legal battle that has raised significant questions about press freedom and national security. Assange had served 62 months in detention for publishing U.S. military secrets. He is expected to return to his native Australia without any conditions on his release.
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of violating the Espionage Act, securing his freedom under a plea deal whose final act played out in a remote U.S. courtroom in the Western Pacific. https://t.co/eKXIy7OJgu
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act. Under the terms of the plea, Assange will get no more detention time than the 62 months he has already served. https://t.co/A4yYeCcmq5 https://t.co/K3Mnk3EQZA
Julian Assange pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a felony charge of violating the U.S. Espionage Act, securing his freedom under a plea deal that saw its final act play out in a remote U.S. courtroom in Saipan in the Western Pacific. https://t.co/etDCD9IIC3
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walked free on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to a single felony charge for publishing military secrets in a US court. https://t.co/BSS0XjUHHV
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to a single felony charge for publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secures his freedom and concludes a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions... https://t.co/Uw53xWfjK7
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, pleaded guilty to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act in federal court in Saipan, as part of a deal with U.S. Justice Department, avoiding further prison time and ending the years-long legal saga. #XinhuaNews https://t.co/JVeq596d90
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has pleaded guilty to a single felony charge for publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secures his freedom. https://t.co/gXEmO9LHpp.
Julian Assange, the founder of the anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks, pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act in a U.S. federal court. He will return to his native Australia, scheduled to arrive on Wednesday, with no conditions on his release. https://t.co/MOh7zBwLYq
#WikiLeaks founder #JulianAssange has agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of violating the US Espionage Act, according to a federal court document disclosed Monday. Under the deal, Assange is expected to be released. https://t.co/RlVRYtlgg9 https://t.co/nGBtXRnpf9
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to a single felony charge for publishing U.S. military secrets as part of a deal with the Justice Department that secures his freedom and concludes a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about press freedom and…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act and is expected to appear in a U.S. courtroom on the Northern Mariana Islands in the coming days, court records revealed. https://t.co/6ZxAJ0K7OB
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to a single felony charge for obtaining and publishing US military secrets in a deal with the Justice Department prosecutors that secures his liberty, AP reports https://t.co/pV4dxZd7Ov
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has pleaded guilty to a single felony charge, securing his freedom and concluding a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about press freedom and national security. https://t.co/zjyArT6SDg
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act in federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, as part of a deal with US Justice Department, avoiding further prison time and… https://t.co/81nbMz9QjU
BREAKING: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has officially pleaded guilty to a single felony charge for publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secures his freedom, per AP
Julian Assange will plead guilty to a single count of conspiring to disclose national security information, the DOJ told a federal court in the Northern Mariana Islands, likely ending the WikiLeaks founder's battle to avoid a U.S. prison sentence. https://t.co/803pXvvnS8 https://t.co/EB62tniHk6
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to one count of espionage in US court on Wednesday, ending a years-long legal battle between the US government and a controversial publisher. https://t.co/90xhhq3SpY
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has reached a tentative deal with the US to plead guilty to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act with no additional prison time, court filings showed. Assange left a British prison on Monday and flew out of Britain, said Wikileaks. https://t.co/vIA7HfC8JK
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act and is expected to appear in a U.S. courtroom on the Northern Mariana Islands in the coming days. He will avoid serving U.S. prison time under the plea agreement. https://t.co/DYOmIODALM https://t.co/SHqh4ZPXva
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act and is expected to appear in a U.S. courtroom on the Northern Mariana Islands in the coming days, court records revealed Monday. https://t.co/tt8z8r1BvW