WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty to espionage charge as part of deal with U.S. | CBC News LoadedWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty to espionage charge as part of deal with U.S.
The guilty plea, which must be approved by a judge, brings an abrupt conclusion to a criminal case of international intrigue and to the U.S. government's years-long pursuit of a publisher whose hugely popular secret-sharing website made him aamong many press freedom advocates who said he acted as a journalist to expose U.S. military wrongdoing.
The deal ensures that Assange will admit guilt while also sparing him from any additional prison time. He had spent years hiding out in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, after Swedish authorities sought his arrest on rape allegations, before being locked up in the United Kingdom.Prosecutors have agreed to a sentence of the five years Assange has already spent in a high-security British prison while fighting to avoid extradition to the U.S.
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