WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s wife, Stella, said she was “elated” that he will be a “free man” after a US judge signs off on his landmark plea deal on Wednesday.
He had been held in jail for five years as he fought extradition to the United States which sought to prosecute himHe has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate national defence information, according to a document filed in court in the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific, where the hearing is expected to take place.“The charge concerns the Espionage Act and obtaining and disclosing national defence information,” she said.
“What there is, is an agreement in principle between Julian and the Department of Justice, and that has to be signed off by a judge in these Northern Mariana territories… in the Pacific Ocean where he is going to be headed,” she said.Reporters Without Borders welcomed Assange’s release as a “long overdue victory for journalism and press freedom”.
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