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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, center, his wife Stella Assange, right, and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks Kristinn Hrafnsson, raise their fists as they arrive at the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ in order to be freed

By Sylvia Hui and Barbara Surk - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, center, his wife Stella Assange, right, and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks Kristinn Hrafnsson, raise their fists as they arrive at the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ in order to be freed

By Sylvia Hui and Barbara Surk - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures after landing at RAAF air base Fairbairn in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, June 26 2024. Assange has returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga.(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Julian Assange is now free to do or say whatever he likes. What does his future hold?

By Charlotte Graham-McLay - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures after landing at RAAF air base Fairbairn in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, June 26 2024. Assange has returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga.(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after U.S. legal battle ends

By Rick Rycroft and Rod Mcguirk - Associated Press

Julian Assange is free illustration by Alexander Hunter/ The Washington Times

Julian Assange is free

By Andrew P. Napolitano

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures after landing at RAAF air base Fairbairn in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, June 26 2024. Assange has returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga.(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after U.S. legal battle ends

By Rick Rycroft and Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Journalists set up their camera to cover WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who was brought to court to enter a plea deal, in Saipan, Mariana Islands, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Saipan, placid island setting for Assange’s last battle, is briefly mobbed — and bemused by fuss

By Charlotte Graham-McLay and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Buildings are reflected in the window as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taken from court, where he appeared on charges, Wednesday May 1, 2019 of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London. Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga over the publication of a trove of classified documents. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Assange supporters hail plea deal, but critics fear ‘dangerous precedent’

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Protesters hold placards in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the High Court in London, Monday, May 20, 2024. Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga over the publication of a trove of classified documents. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stops in Bangkok on his way to a U.S. court and later freedom

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, center, arrives at the United States courthouse where he is expected enter a plea deal in Saipan, Mariana Islands, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

WikiLeaks’ Assange pleads guilty in deal with U.S. that secures his freedom, ends legal fight

By Mari Yamaguchi, Kimberly Esmores, Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, Wednesday May 1, 2019. A London court is due to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges will issue a ruling Tuesday morning in the High Court on whether Assange can make one final appeal in England. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with U.S., return to Australia

By Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Protesters hold placards outside the High Court in London, Monday, May 20, 2024. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a hearing Monday in the High Court in London that could end with him being sent to the U.S. to face espionage charges, or provide him another chance to appeal his extradition. The outcome will depend on how much weight judges give to assurances U.S. officials have provided that Assange's rights won't be trampled if he goes on trial. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

London court rules WikiLeaks founder Assange can appeal against an extradition order to the U.S.

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, Wednesday May 1, 2019. Assange faces what could be his final court hearing in England over whether he should be extradited to the United States to face spying charges. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of U.S. court

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

A protester holds a placard outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. A London court is due to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Biden says he’s ‘considering’ wrapping up Julian Assange prosecution

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A protester holds a placard outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. A London court is due to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

U.K. court says Assange can’t be extradited on espionage charges until U.S. rules out death penalty

By Sylvia Hui and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, Wednesday May 1, 2019. A London court is due to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges will issue a ruling Tuesday morning in the High Court on whether Assange can make one final appeal in England. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

U.K. high court grants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reprieve in U.S. extradition fight

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, Wednesday May 1, 2019. A London court is due to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges will issue a ruling Tuesday morning in the High Court on whether Assange can make one final appeal in England. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

London court to rule on Tuesday whether WikiLeaks’ Assange can challenge extradition to U.S.

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

Protesters stand with posters at the Royal Courts of Justice entrance in London, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Julian Assange's lawyers are on their final U.K. legal challenge to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges. The 52-year-old has been fighting extradition for more than a decade, including seven years in self-exile in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and the last five years in a high-security prison. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

WikiLeaks’ Assange went far beyond journalism and should face spying charges, lawyers for U.S. say

By JIll Lawless and Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

Demonstrators hold banners outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will make his final appeal against his impending extradition to the United States at the court. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

WikiLeaks founder Assange starts last U.K. legal battle to avoid extradition to U.S. on spy charges

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Barnaby Joyce, second left, and other members of a delegation to secure the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speak to the media at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. The group of Australian lawmakers said Tuesday they would travel to Washington this month to lobby the United States to abandon its efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. (Lukas Coch/(AAP Image via AP)

Australian lawmakers head to U.S. to lobby against efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Assange

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