“Prepared for plea bargaining” –

Julian Assange has landed on the island of Saipan, a US territory within the Pacific, the place he’ll formalize with the American authorities the plea discount that may permit him to return to Australia. That is reported by WikiLeaks’ X profile. Julian Assange’s lengthy authorized battle for freedom is nearing its finish. The founding father of WikiLeaks has left the UK, the place for the final 5 years he had been detained in a most safety jail close to London, following reaching a plea discount with the USA, which needed his extradition. In accordance with what was reported by the US Division of Justice in a letter filed in court docket, the settlement requires Assange to plead responsible to the cost of conspiring to unlawfully get hold of and disseminate labeled nationwide protection data, based mostly on the Espionage Act, and for this he will likely be sentenced to five years, that’s, the equal of the detention already served in jail in London.

He’ll then be capable to return to freedom in Australia, his nation of origin. The settlement should be validated by a US federal decide. For that reason, Assange is scheduled to look in court docket on Wednesday morning in Saipan, within the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory within the western Pacific. Prosecutors reported that the selection of this location for the listening to was dictated by two parts: Assange’s opposition to touring to the continental US and the island’s proximity to Australia. Constitution flight VJT199 with Assange on board made a technical cease in Bangkok, Thailand, for refueling, earlier than departing for the Mariana Islands.