Julian Assange’s case had ‘gone on too long’

The Australian's Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says the Julian Assange case had “gone on too long”. Mr Assange has agreed to enter a plea deal with the Biden administration that would allow him to avoid prison in the United States, according to newly filed federal court documents. Under the new terms, the Justice Department will seek a 62-month sentence, which is equal to the amount of time Assange has already served in prison in London while fighting his extradition to the US. The deal would then credit that time served allowing Assange to immediately return to Australia. “The case had just gone on too long,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia. “It had just gone on for too many years.”