US ‘not conceding’ it did ‘anything wrong’ in plea deal with Assange

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says the United States is “not conceding” they did “anything wrong” in the plea deal with Julian Assange. 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 United States is not conceding here that it has done anything wrong,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia. “All it has done is apply for the extradition of Julian Assange.”