# Claim 241

Assange pleaded guilty to a single count under a 2024 plea agreement that ended the prosecution.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Assange pleaded guilty to a single count under a 2024 plea agreement that ended the prosecution.
- Field: status
- Value: Assange pleads guilty in 2024 deal
- About: [incident 2019-us-assange-espionage-act-indictment](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2019-us-assange-espionage-act-indictment)
- Source: WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to be freed after pleading guilty to US espionage charge. https://gulfnews.com/amp/world/americas/wikileaks-julian-assange-to-be-freed-after-pleading-guilty-to-us-espionage-charge-1.1719284494426
- Publisher: Gulf News
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2024-06-25

## Quotation from the source

> pleading guilty to a single criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defense documents

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