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Selim SAHEB ETTABA

Julian Assange To Plead Guilty In Deal With US Authorities

Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange protest outside the Australian High Commission in central London in April 2024 (Credit: AFP)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty in US court to revealing military secrets in exchange for his freedom, ending his years-long legal drama, according to court documents released Monday night.

Assange, who had been in custody in Britain, will plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate national defense information, according to the document filed in court in the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory in the Pacific.

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