WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s BIG revelation in first public appearance: ‘I am not free today because…’

In his first public comments since being released, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange declared that his freedom came at a significant cost, stating, “I am not free today because the system worked. I am free today after years of incarceration because I pleaded guilty to journalism.”

AP quoted Assange saying, “I pled guilty to seeking information from a source. I pled guilty to obtaining information from a source. And I pled guilty to informing the public what that information was.”