Wikileaks founder Julian Assange expected to plead guilty in deal with U.S.
STORY: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange expected to plead guilty in deal with U.S.
SHOOTING TIME: June 24, 2024
DATELINE: June 25, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:55
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. shot of the letter filed by the U.S. Department of Justice
2. various of exterior of U.S. Department of Justice (June 24, 2024)
STORYLINE:
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has reached a tentative deal with U.S. Justice Department to plead guilty to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act, with no additional prison time, according to court filings released Monday evening.
Assange left a British prison on Monday and flew out of Britain, Wikileaks said on social media platform X.
"The defendant will plead guilty to the charge in the (Criminal) Information of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified information relating to the national defense of the United States," a letter filed by the Justice Department showed.
The Criminal Information, filed alongside the l
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