Plea deal a ‘commonsense solution’ for Julian Assange

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s plea deal with the Biden administration is a “commonsense solution”. 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. “I think it’s a commonsense solution that he pleads guilty and is allowed out on the basis of time served,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia.