WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is freed by a court on the US Pacific island territory of Saipan Wednesday, June 16 after he pleads guilty to violating US espionage law.
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00:00WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is freed by a court on the U.S. Pacific Island Territory
00:06of Saipan Wednesday, June 16, after he pleads guilty to violating U.S. espionage law.
00:13During the three-hour hearing, Assange pleads guilty to one criminal count of conspiring
00:17to obtain and disclose U.S.-classified national defense documents.
00:22But he also asserts he believed the Constitution's First Amendment, which protects free speech,
00:27shielded his activities.
00:29Assange's U.S. lawyer Barry Pollack says WikiLeaks' work will continue.
00:34Assange returns home to Australia after serving more than five years in a British high-security
00:40jail.
00:41He was also holed up for seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London as he fought
00:45accusations of sex crimes in Sweden and battled extradition to the U.S. where he faced 18
00:50criminal charges.