In deal with US, WikiLeaks' Assange pleads guilty, secures freedom, ends legal fight
Voice of America
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, center, arrives at the United States courthouse where he is expected enter a plea deal in Saipan, Mariana Islands, June 26, 2024. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, right, arrives, surrounded by the the media, at the United States courthouse where he is expected enter a plea deal, in Saipan, Mariana Islands, June 26, 2024.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has pleaded guilty to a single felony charge for publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secures his freedom and concludes a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about press freedom and national security.
FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019, photo, then-President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the InterContinental New York Barclay in New York City. Trump is set to meet today with Zelenskyy at Trump Tower in New York. Vice President Kamala Harris and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy converse on the balcony of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Sept. 26, 2024.