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The Wikileaks founder paid £400,000 for a private jet from the UK to the Northern Mariana Islands, a US Pacific commonwealth, to avoid stepping foot on mainland America.
The Australian's release was hailed by his family and backers but some in the US attacked the Biden regime for letting him avoid a trial.
Assange, 52, left on Monday evening after being freed from London's Belmarsh Prison.
He had fought a US government extradition bid for him to face spying charges for five years.
After a plea deal, he is expected to admit an Espionage Act charge of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defence information.
Assange is not expected to spend time in US custody and his time locked up in the UK will be taken into consideration.
This story is from the June 26, 2024 edition of Daily Express.
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