Why is Julian Assange flying to the remote Pacific island of Saipan?

Julian Assange travels to Saipan for a plea deal, aiming to plead guilty and return home after a 14-year legal journey.US prosecutors said Assange wanted to go to a court close to his home of Australia but not on the continental United States. Saipan is the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), a US commonwealth in the western Pacific which begins roughly 70 kilometers (44 miles) north of Guam and stretches across 14 islands.