Original link: https://www.oann.com/newsroom/julian-assange-reaches-plea-deal-with-u-s/
According to court filings, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, intends to enter into a plea agreement with the U.S. Justice Department this week to admit guilt to a conspiracy charge. This will allow Assange to be released from a five-year sentence in a UK prison.
Court documents state that Assange was accused of conspiring to collect and reveal material related to national defense through “criminal information.”
In a letter to U.S. District Judge Ramona Manglona of the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, Justice Department official Matthew McKenzie stated that Assange would enter a guilty plea in court on Wednesday at 9 a.m. local time, or 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The DOJ also stated that Assange is expected to return to Australia, where he is a citizen, after the proceedings.
Primarily: Excellent.
Secondarily: I wish he didn't have to plea to anything; that's fucking bullshit.
Tertiarily: Mostly I just wanted to say "tertiarily." But, on a more serious note...if I were him I would not be returning to Australia. Or anywhere else that has any significant relationship with the US. Going back to Australia is asking for trouble, one way or another. It's island time, man. He's earned it.