The story of the people who have been involved with it is over

U.S. District Judge Manglona orders Assange to time served in the prison system and a possible violation of the First Amendment

He had pleaded guilty to one charge of violating U.S. espionage laws. In exchange, U.S. District Judge Ramona Manglona sentenced Assange to time served, noting how long he already spent incarcerated in a high-security prison in London.

The agreement states that he will be sentenced to 62 months – equal to the time he has already spent in a UK prison fighting his transfer to the United States. The judge said Assange was required to direct WikiLeaks tto destroy material containing classified information, though given how long this case has gone on, such an action is likely to have minimal impact.

A federal grand jury in Virginia indicted Assange on espionage and computer misuse charges in 2019, in what the Justice Department described as one of the largest compromises of classified information in American history.

I believe the First Amendment is in contradiction with the Espionage Act, but that it would be difficult to win such a case given all these circumstances.

A byzantine path to Assange and the first day of his fugitive extradition to the United Kingdom he said in a phone interview

Assange wore a black blazer, a white button-down shirt, dress pants and a gold-beige tie. He was calm and didn’t talk much. He appeared composed and his tone was measured. He was charming and playful as he interacted with the judge.

His interactions with the justice system are a byzantine path. Assange spent seven years hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London after Swedish officials accused him of sexual assault, an arrangement that appeared to frustrate both Assange and his hosts.

Then, the American government sought to extradite him, a process that limped through the courts for years. More legal action over the case had been scheduled for early July.

Kristinn Hrafnsson, WikiLeaks editor in chief, said in the same video captured outside Belmarsh that he hoped to see Assange for the last time inside its walls. “If you’re seeing this, it means he is out.”

“It has come to an end because Mr. Assange has finally agreed to plead guilty to the charges against him, which are very serious national security charges,” Paterson told Sky News Australia.

Ahead of the election of Clinton and Trump, a trove of emails from the Democratic National Committee was published byWikiLeaks. The leak, which embarrassed the DNC and won Assange praise from right-wing figures, was later revealed to be the work of notorious Russian hacking groups known as Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear, both affiliated with Moscow’s GRU military intelligence agency.

The agreement, which follows more than a decade of efforts by Assange, 52, to avoid extradition from the United Kingdom, would draw to a close one of the longest-running national security investigations in US history. The deal was first disclosed in court documents made public in the UK.

The man who was extradited to the US to face espionage and computer crimes charges refused to talk to reporters outside the court, instead he hopped in a waiting car and began the last leg of his journey.

The prime minister spoke with the fugitive on the phone after he landed in Australia and he was satisfied with the outcome.

It has been almost fifteen years since she tried to make a difference by freeing her son from the clutches of the U.S. government.

Assange’s return to the United States – but no “high-fiving” for the Australian prime minister and Wikileaks

The prime minister has raised the case in meetings with U.S. President Joe Biden and a cross-party delegation of Australian lawmakers visited Washington last year to lobby on behalf of Assange.

Simon Jackson, former chief executive officer at the University of Sydney’s United States Studies Centre, says there will be no “high-fiving” as Assange returns to his homeland, with “no upside for the Albanese government to celebrate Assange as a hero.”

Barry Pollack told reporters outside of the court that he would be a continuing force for freedom of speech. He also confirmed that Wikileaks will continue its operations.

I hope he takes the time in the coming weeks and months to recuperate and spend time with his kids, wife and family, said independent journalist Antony Loewenstein who has been a supporter of WikiLeaks since its inception in 2006