U.S. and Assange Resolve Extradition with Plea to One Felony and Time Served

  On July 26, 2024,  Julian Assange, who founded WikiLeaks, pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act in a U.S. court in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean.  The plea results in Assange’s immediate release without conditions and ends the efforts of the U.S., British, and Swedish governments to obtain custody and prosecute him since 2010.