Julian Assange Leaves Prison After Striking U.S. Plea Deal
Julian Assange is officially breathing free air.
In a statement on its official X account, WikiLeaks said its founder had been released from the British prison where he’d been incarcerated for the last five years—the result of a plea bargain he struck Monday with American prosecutors.
The deal will see him avoid extradition back to the U.S., as well as further prison time—leaving him free to return to his native Australia and bringing to an end his years-long legal odyssey.