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(ANSA) – WASHINGTON, MARCH 20 – The US Justice Department is evaluating whether to allow Julian Assange to plead guilty to the less serious charge of mishandling confidential information, opening up the possibility of an agreement that could lead to his release from a British prison. The Wall Street Journal writes this, citing people familiar with the dossier. Assange, the 52-year-old controversial founder of WikiLeaks, is fighting a long legal battle with the UK government to avoid being extradited to the US and facing trial for publishing thousands of classified military documents and US diplomatic cables around 2010. A UK court is currently considering whether to allow a final appeal by Assange. After US prosecutors charged him in 2019, British law enforcement arrested him and he has been held in a London prison ever since. (HANDLE).
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