By Jack Mendel WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released from prison and left the UK after reaching a plea deal with US authorities. Court papers filed by the US Justice Department show Assange is scheduled to appear in federal court to plead guilty to an Espionage Act charge of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defence information. It followed the publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. He will return to his home country of Australia after his plea and sentencing, scheduled for Wednesday mor…