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Originally Posted by ivvaen
Amazing turn of events. Havent seen this mentioned yet though:
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He may not have had a choice either way.
While we do not know what plans DOJ ever had/has for extradition in this case, I'll take issue with Devlin-Brown not really saying what this says. What he did say to the judge, was that there are problems with extradition laws in some countries(presumably including ireland) because of the issues relating to the requisite dual criminality features of some extradition treaties, (which we, as mere laypersons, have discussed for a year on this forum). I never heard him say "we were going after him anyway" or anything similar (I would be happy to change my opinion on this when someone gets the transcript).
What he did say was with regard to his request for denial of bond, as they (USAO) foresee those same potential issues with extradition in other places if Bitar were to flee. I thought it was pretty odd that a prosecutor would say on the record in court, that they have problems bringing these ppl in via extradition. Not that it matters is someone were to flee, but this bordereed on saying "well done guys, now we can't get you"?