Free man Julian Assange arrives home

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange landed in Australia on Wednesday (June 26) evening to an ecstatic welcome after pleading guilty to violating US espionage law in a deal that sets him free from a 14-year legal battle.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Julian Assange was reunited with his family here in Australia.

00:26His arrival home ends a long-running legal process.

00:31A plea agreement between Mr Assange and the United States Department of Justice was accepted

00:38by a US court in Saipan earlier today.

00:42I do want to express my appreciation to the United States and the United Kingdom for their

00:48efforts in making this possible.

00:52He described it as a surreal and happy moment.

00:55His landing here in our national capital Canberra.

01:00He expressed his thanks to what he described as the diplomatic A-team when I spoke about

01:09the role that Kevin and Stephen have been able to play.

01:15Mr Assange and I this evening, as I said I've never met Mr Assange, I had a very warm discussion

01:25with him this evening though.

01:28He was very generous in his praise of the Australian Government's efforts.

01:36The Australian Government stands up for Australian citizens.

01:40That's what we do.

01:41Thanks very much.

01:42Welcome home!

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