Assange accepts plea deal? Any truth to this report?
Posted by John Monro
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on June 25, 2024, 1:22 am
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/julian-assange-wikileaks-freed-us-b2568201.html Briefly, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to plead guilty as part of a plea deal with the US Justice Department that which could see him walk free and bring an end to a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents. Assange was charged with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, new court documents show. According to the documents, he is scheduled to appear in the federal court in the Mariana Islands, a US commonwealth in the Western Pacific, on Wednesday morning, and will plead guilty to an Espionage Act charge of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defense information, the DOJ said. The charges against Assange in the US stem from one of the largest publications of classified information in American history, which took place during the first term of Barack Obama’s presidency. I have to say this seems an unlikely scenario, but who knows? The Guardian has a similar headline.
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Responses
- Assange released from UK prison according to RT... - Ken Waldron June 25, 2024, 1:37 am
- BBC: Julian Assange expected to be freed in US plea deal - Ken Waldron June 25, 2024, 1:43 am
- Looks for real like he's been freed... Nm - Ken Waldron June 25, 2024, 1:45 am
- Wikileaks: JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE - Ken Waldron June 25, 2024, 1:49 am
- No credit to the US, Sweden, the UK or Australia though. - John Monro June 25, 2024, 2:19 am
- Statement from Stella Assange - flash June 25, 2024, 2:33 am
- Hope this is not a bad joke nm - Ed June 25, 2024, 2:35 am
- but the press and reporting, that's no longer free - John Monro June 25, 2024, 2:41 am
- Plea deal or not that's great news. nm - dan June 25, 2024, 6:06 am
- Great news. May he enjoy life with his family and start his revovery nm - marknadim June 25, 2024, 6:43 am
- Joe Lauria on Consortium News - marknadim June 25, 2024, 7:24 am
- The BBC can be relied on to get to the truth of the matter...... - John Monro June 25, 2024, 9:14 am
- So pleased for JA, but there have to be consequences for this appalling crime by US/UK (nm) - Ian M June 25, 2024, 1:47 pm
- Pepe Escobar: Reaction to Julian Assange plea and release (Nap) - t June 25, 2024, 4:55 pm
- Re: Assange accepts plea deal? Any truth to this report? - Ian M June 25, 2024, 11:08 pm
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