Assange, US considers whether to drop charges
According to the Wall Street Journal there are developments in the case of the WikiLeaks founder, detained in Britain
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The US Justice Department is considering whether to allow Julian Assange to plead guilty to the less serious charge of mishandling classified information, opening up the possibility of a deal that could lead to his release from a British prison. The Wall Street Journal writes this, citing people familiar with the dossier.
The 52-year-old controversial WikiLeaks founder is fighting a long legal battle with the UK government to avoid being extradited to the US and face trial for publishing thousands of classified military documents and US diplomatic dispatches around 2010.
A UK court is currently considering whether to allow a final appeal by Julian Assange. After US prosecutors charged him in 2019, British law enforcement arrested him and he has been held in a London prison ever since.
