 innocent people all around the world in um through no fault of their own and that's of course not even to mention the the further actions by wiki leaks down the road to essentially serve as a conduit for russian intelligence uh interfering in the u.s presidential election the plea deal required assange to admit guilt to a single felony count but also permitted him to return to australia without any time in an american prison he was sentenced to the five years he'd already spent behind bars in the uk fighting extradition to the u.s on an espionage act indictment