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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange freed from London prison after pleading guilty to US espionage charge

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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange freed from London prison after pleading guilty to US espionage charge

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In a statement posted on X, the official WikiLeaks account said Assange left the maximum security prison on Monday morning “after having spent 1901 days there”

Julian Assange set to agree to a US deal that will see him plead guilty to one charge and go free

John Besley and Rachel Vickers-Price

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released from prison and left the UK after reaching a plea deal with US authorities.

Court papers filed by the US Justice Department show Assange is scheduled to appear in federal court to plead guilty to an Espionage Act charge of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defence information.

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