‘Australia doesn’t ask for much’: Julian Assange plea deal ‘not surprising’
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Sky News Washington Correspondent Annelise Nielsen says the Biden administration offering WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a plea deal is “not surprising” because Australia “doesn’t” ask for much from the United States.
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 reaction so far is people seem as surprised as anyone else that this has come to this point in this particular point in time,” Ms Nielsen told Sky News Australia.
“But, really, it’s not surprising when you look at the amount of advocacy from the Australian side … and, frankly, Australia doesn’t ask for much from the US, so it was being heard at the highest levels.”
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