Lawyer: WikiLeaks’ Assange ‘standing by’ extradition pledge

Published January 18, 2017 1:51am ET



WikiLeaks seemed to indicate Tuesday evening that founder Julian Assange intends to make good on a pledge last year to agree to U.S. prison time if President Obama granted Chelsea Manning clemency.

Tuesday afternoon the Obama administration announced that the former Army soldier, who was convicted of leaking sensitive information about American military and diplomatic activities to the government transparency site WikiLeaks in 2010, would not have to serve the entirety of a 35-year sentence and instead will be released this May.

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