JULIAN ASSANGE at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London (Wikipedia).

The man who founded Wikileaks – Julian Assange – has agreed to plead guilty to a federal felony espionage charge in exchange for being free from prison.

The agreement must be accepted by a judge. He will agree that he “unlawfully” obtained classified documents and published them. He claimed to be performing like a journalist with the intent of exposing wrongdoings by the military.

It is all expected to take place in the Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth. Assange has already spent five years in prison Great Britain and several years “hiding out” in the embassy of Ecuador in London.

Assange is admired by many free-speech advocates but his reputation has been clouded by a rape accusation against him in Sweden.

“InfoWars” being shut down by trustee

ALEC JONES, founder of Info Wars (Wikipedia).

The “InfoWars” media organization founded by Alex Jones that promoted false conspiracy theories is facing dissolution.

A court trustee announced on Sunday that InfoWars, which peddled untrue “news” such as that the Sandy Hook massacre at an elementary school in Connecticut in 2012 was faked and the victims were “crisis actors,” would be liquidated in order to pay off a $1.5 billion defamation judgment in a case brought by the parents of the 20 children killed in the incident.

Twenty six people died in the incident. Jones has since admitted that his claims were false.

Sports: Dodgers and Angels win

The Los Angeles Angels are hosting the Oakland Athletics in Anaheim and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in Chicago to play the White Sox.

For results, go to: https://orangecountytribune.com/2024/06/24/blue-crew-halos-have-happy-mondays/

Weather: It’s that slow cool …

Tuesday will be the hot point of summer warmth this week in our West Orange County area with a high of 82 and an overnight low of 66 under partly cloudy skies. Those clouds will persist through Friday, but daytime temps will slide from 82 to 79 on Wednesday and Thursday, and 77 on Friday. Lows will decline to 63.