An anonymous Bitcoin whale donated roughly $500,000 to cover that for him.
Assange previously faced up to 170 years in American prison.
URGENT: Emergency appeal for donations to cover massive USD 520,000 debt for jet, StellatweetedTuesday.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gives thumbs up after arriving at Canberra Airport in Canberra, Australia on June 26, 2024.Photo: William West / AFP (Getty Images)
He was not permitted to fly commercial airlines or routes to Saipan and onward to Australia.
Any contribution big or small is much appreciated.
Other donations mostly total less than $100 with a few amounting to several hundred.
WikiLeaks published video from Iraq in 2007 that showed U.S. forces killing civilians, including two Reuters journalists.
His safe return to Australia as we know means so much to his family.
And with Trump on the ballot again, who knows what might happen.
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