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Wikileaks founder Assange pleads guilty in deal with U.S, avoids further prison time

(Xinhua) 09:03, June 26, 2024

WASHINGTON, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act in federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, as part of a deal with U.S. Justice Department, avoiding further prison time and ending the years-long legal saga.

(Web editor: Zhang Kaiwei, Liang Jun)

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